The Adventures of Duke and Tom
The Lost Treasure of Panic Island
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Tom goes over to his wall of books and picks out one and says "Hey Duke, come here." Duke had picked up a picture of Tom and a younger elephant "Who’s this Tom?" "Oh that’s my little brother Adam, he’s in a school for the very smart. He comes home next week." Duke places the picture back on Tom’s bedside table. " what?" Duke said as he walked over to where Tom stood. " Check out this book that I have." "What’s the name of this book?"
"It’s called
book it has a real treasure map in it." Tom begins to read the book to Duke. "It says that on June 1,1625, some pirates stole treasure from the King of Spain and buried it on Panic Island. The evil captain of the ship was named Wally, and he made anyone who called him that, walk the plank." Duke said very seriously "Dude, I can see why, ‘W-a-l-l-y’ I’d hurt anyone who called me that!" Tom began to read again from the book. "It says he made them call him Dead Al. Look Duke, it says too that the treasure is believed to be buried on Panic Island. But that no one has found it to this day." Duke says "I bet we could find it Tom, you’re so smart and I’m strong, we’d make a great team." Tom read a little more from the book and said "A lot of people have tried to find the treasure and failed. More than a thousand others Duke, what makes you so sure we can find it? Duke, Panic Island is the most dangerous island ever! .. Panic island is so scary nobody ever go’s there and the treasure is still buried, the treasure is worth Billions of dollars." "That’s a billion reasons for us to find it Tom!" "Hey Duke, maybe we
1960’s, and no one has looked for the treasure since then...." "So" "So Duke it’s up to me and you to find it." Tom began to read the rest of the book to Duke and explain what everything meant, he had finally found something other than sports that Duke was interested in, money." The next day after school, Duke met Tom in their favorite hang out the pizza place, Duke was very excited. "When are we going to find the treasure Tom. I can use that money right about now." Tom looks at Duke and asked "What are you going to do with your share of the money Duke." "Ever since my dad died my mom’s been working real hard, I have the part-time job but it’s still not enough, I need to buy a house for my mom, she needs a new car, and she does not need to keep working, She’s tired all the time. I wanted to get a job or do something in sports to make a lot of money but nobody will hire a kid still in school, she shouldn’t have to work so hard Dude. Then I’d donate some of the money to charity Then I’d do some serious shopping." "That sounds like a plan to me." Duke laugh’s and asked Tom what he would do with his share. Tom said "I’ll let you know when we find the treasure. But for now we have to figure out how we’re going to get to Panic Island it’s on the other side of animal world." Duke wrinkles his forehead and tries to think, but this is too hard so he asks Tom " What are we going to do, tel-a-port over there?" Tom just looks at Duke for a moment then he jumps up and runs to the wall of books and picks up a large book and smiles at Duke "We’re going to do better than that Duke we’re going back In time. To the place where it all began. That way we won’t have to find the treasure, we’ll just take it from Wally, a-k-a Death ally." It’s Duke turn to stare at Tom. He slowly stands up and walks over to Tom and looks him in the eyes and says "Man, you really rock. Good idea, we can go back in time and find The treasure. Tom I didn’t know you had a time machine man, where is it, is it under you your bed?" Tom opens the book in his hand and very excitedly explains to Duke " How can we do it? Well we can use my dad’s laboratory to make our time machine." Duke yells "Let’s do it, we’ll start tomorrow after school, I got to take that math test or we could start now but you know how long it takes me to study for any test, I gotta jet Dude."
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The Adventures of Duke and Tom: The Lost Treasure of Panic Island is a coming of age book for the two friends Duke and Tom. This is a fun book filled with all the things young readers are sure to enjoy. Pirates, damsels in distress, heroes, and have of course, treasure. This story is full of surprises and fun, from the first page to the last. The story takes place on a planet where the people are part animal and human. On
Duke and Tom are best friends who travel back in time to find treasure needed by Duke to help his family through tough times. When they arrive in the 1600’s, they find themselves battling a dragon, and the jungles of
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About the Author
The Adventures of Duke and Tom: The Lost Treasure of Panic Island is the author’s first book. Derrick Smith has over come a Depression disability to write this book. Derrick was born in
The reason Derrick wrote this book was to inspire other people with disabilities to write or create using what gifts they have to bring richness to their lives and to others. Derrick created the charaters in 1990 at the age of 8. Duke and Tom are now 18 years old. this is there book debut of the long awaited and much anticipated book of the year. the book has been push back for years, and now Duke and Tom are coming to have some fun. to all my fans i wanna say thank you for all the support. The author welcomes questions, comments or booking.contact Derrick at 1(641)715-0101 and enter *194719