The Pennypackers Go on Vacation

Written by Lisa Doan · Illustrated by Marta Kissi

A family embarks on a chaotic cruise with fake characters, a fleeing captain, and unexpected adventures.

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272 pages· 820L

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Charlie Pennypacker's dream cruise turns into a nightmare aboard a rundown boat with fake Disney characters and endless eggs. His nemesis, Gunter, joins for a bargain, and the captain is pursued by mysterious men. As Charlie navigates this Caribbean chaos, he faces a thrilling game of wits, hidden secrets, and races against time. Will he find the adventure he craves or more than he bargained for?

From the publisher

Charlie Pennypacker is finally going somewhere. Mrs. Pennypacker has wrestled money for a vacation from Mr. Pennypacker’s tightfisted grip and the family is on their way to a Disney cruise. An eleven- story luxury cruise liner sporting a 212-foot waterslide and an all-night buffet awaits.

So he thinks. It’s not long before Charlie discovers he will be cruising on a dilapidated fishing boat, the Disney characters are fake, there’s no waterslide, the food is only eggs, his enemy Gunter Hwang has been brought along for thirty dollars a day and the captain is on the run from sinister men in dark suits.

It’s a Caribbean game of cat and mouse involving wits, interrogations, a hidden room, emergency departures, races against time and clever deceptions. Charlie finds the sort of adventure he’d always dreamed of. And a whole lot of adventure he’d never dreamed of.

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