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Eleven-year-old twins Oliver and Celia Navel could care less about adventure and they really do not like excitement. They’d rather be watching television. Unfortunately for them, their thrill-seeking parents have dragged them from continent to continent their entire lives. But when their mother goes missing and their father makes a bet with the devious explorer Sir Edmund, the twins are forced into action. They head to Tibet where they fall out of airplanes, battle Yetis, poison witches, and encounter one very large yak. If they can unravel the mysteries and outwit Sir Edmund, they might just make the discovery of a lifetime . . . and get cable television!
Lexile Measure: 0760 (What's this?)
Series: An Accidental Adventure (Book 1)
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Puffin Books; Reprint edition (January 3, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0142420565
ISBN-13: 978-0142420560
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 1 x 7.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #428,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #94 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > Exploration & Discoveries #1713 in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Family Life > Siblings #9840 in Books > Children's Books > Humor
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
My kids are couch potatoes who have to be dragged out to do stuff, so when I got this book they thought for sure I had gotten it ON PURPOSE TO ANNOY THEM. At least, my older daughter did. My son was excited to read it because he thought the dad in the book sounded a lot like his dad, then I read it because I could. My son also took the book to his class to share because he was so hopped up about it and I thought we might not ever see it again, but it came back eventually.I will also say that my son, a 3rd grader, was a very reluctant reader prior to reading this book. He has the ability to read at higher grade levels, but always tried to get away with Pokemon comic books, until he read this book. This book has relatable characters and a funny story, and I think it made him realize that books are indeed pretty awesome. Now he's tackling Percy Jackson and Narnia.
The book An Accidental Adventure is a great book if you like Action, Crazy, Adventure, Exploring, or TV. If I had to rate this book between 1 and 10, I would give it an 11. This book has lost of exciting, jump out of your chair, surprises. Like the time Lama Norbru, a monk, turned out to be a grave robber who worked for Sir Edmond, or the time when their mom got them thrown out of an air plane in the middle of Tibet. But that’s normal for the Navel Twins, always full of silliness and Excitement till the last page of the book. But that’s not always good for the Navel Twins, they are the laziest kids there is, for them it sucks having a runaway mother and explorer as a dad. All they want to do is watch “celebrity adventurist”, “Agent Zero”, “Love at 30,000 Feet”, “Dancing with My Impersonator”, “Sunset High”, “Celebrity Whisk Warriors”, or even the Spanish channel “Amores Enchiladas” anything that involves the television and eating snack puff. This book is my favorite of all time and believe me I’m a very picky reader. I can tell you if you read this book it will make you fill with laughter and make you want to be there too. I hope you enjoy this one of a kind, fantastic, outstanding book!
It's been a good two decades since I read a book geared towards kids (it's been a good decade since I was one), and here I was, within hours of picking up We Are Not Eaten by Yaks, lying in bed with a flashlight, my wife asleep next to me, as in love with reading as I was when I was a kid.This book is just tremendous fun. The Navel twins are the perfect duo of sarcastic adventurers, thrust into danger's way in the mountains of Tibet, when they'd rather just be at home, nestled up with cable. C. Alexander London, who previously wrote as a pretty serious journalist (look it up) keeps the pages flowing, one after another, with enough action, insight, and humor to keep readers on their toes. Twists and turns abound, poison witches appear, yetis wreak havoc, all the while Oliver and Celia fight to stave off boredom with the hope of reality TV's sweet embrace.If only the Navels had An Accidental Adventure book to read. Perhaps then they wouldn't crave cable.Awesome fun. Pure and simple. I can't wait till the next one comes out.
It's very rare that all three of my children agree on anything and this is one thing that they completely agree on. The story is funny, educational and well written. The settings are fun and intriguing (sending my children to the Atlas and Google maps). The characterization is well written and funny. If you like humor with your adventures this is the book series for you. The couch potato frustrations of these kids are amusing and fun.
We all have days where we want to curl up on the couch and spend the afternoon with a remote in our hand. Twins Celia and Oliver Navel have that day every day. But in spite of their best intentions, and their encyclopedic knowledge of TV, their explorer-parents and a race to find the Lost Library of Alexandria tear them from their comfy couch and drop them into the wilds of Tibet.They face all kinds of dangers, confusions and complicated wagers as they struggle to get back to the safety of their apartment and a TV that might even have cable!Full of misadventures, accidental revelations and just a little bit of magic, WE ARE NOT EATEN BY YAKS is fun for kids AND grown-ups. Celia and Oliver (and their well-intentioned if easily distracted parents) stumble through the jungles in a mix of hilarity, sarcasm and good-old-fashioned adventure. This is Indiana Jones meets Lemony Snicket - but with only the good parts!And the real question is: ARE yaks vegetarians?!
My son loved this book! Thanks so much! I also found out through this order that you can place a hold on books not yet released. I will for sure remember this! THanks again!
"One more chapter please"...this is beginning to be an every night saying at my house. I have been reading "We are Not Eaten by Yaks" to my 11 and 9 yr old girls. My original plan was to read a chapter each night before bed. Now, it is several chapters each night, even when I know it's past their bedtime! We are very near the end and they both are wondering what will happen to the Navel twins...will they run away, will they have to be slaves for Sir Edmund for the summer, will they EVER get cable TV (even the channels that curse)???? SOOO many questions...just found out there are 2 more books in the series and 1 more coming soon...I, er, I mean my kids, CAN'T WAIT!!
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