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Elastic Island Adventures – Plantation Island Resort

Kiri, Jed and twins Emma and Ethan frequently journey on ‘elastic island’, a unique way to travel that sends them pinging across the ocean to various South Pacific destinations. This time, they travel with Blong the Cat and Heathcliff the Dog to beautiful Fiji.

When they arrive at Plantation Island Resort, they are surprised to discover Lepani, a small hermit crab, hiding in their room. He has run away from home, is terrified of plastic and doesn’t want to be a crab anymore. The children are determined to reunite him with his family, but it seems they will first have to allow him to enjoy the ‘day life’ with them.

But they soon discover that he is accident-prone, and their biggest challenge will be keeping him alive!

Written by Karen McMillan

$21.99 incl. GST

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Description

Elastic Island Adventures: Plantation Island is a stand-alone, page-turning adventure in the bestselling series set in the South Pacific. It is perfect for children aged 7 to 12.

Elastic Island Adventures: Plantation Island Resort has been written with thanks to the Plantation Island Resort, Fiji, and Tourism Fiji has read and approved the story.

The Elastic Island Adventures books are suitable for children from 7 to 12 years of age and are proving to be popular with children, with rave reviews and author Karen McMillan receiving many invites to do festival and school events in NZ, Australia and the Pacific. The Elastic Island Adventures books are optioned to be made into movies, and Suzy Cato has narrated the audiobook for Flip Flop Bay.

In each story, Kiri, Jed and twins Emma and Ethan must work together to get out of trouble, or to help the local inhabitants, before they return home. They are fun stories with plenty of quirky humour, but at their heart they are all about friendship, building resilience and being true to oneself. They are also about literacy and creativity, as the books encourage reading and children to explore the ‘theatre of the mind.’

Read Jewel Lagoon if you like lots of danger and action-adventure. Like the idea of becoming invisible? Read Port Mugaloo. If you love art and colour, read Rainbow Cove. Prefer a bit of romance and like the idea of going to a wedding? Alphabet Resort is the book for you. Love cats? Well, there is an entire kingdom of them in Kingdom of Blong. Like the idea of flying or being a pirate? Then you will enjoy Flip Flop Bay. And for younger brothers and sisters, they will enjoy Blong the Cat’s Costume Caper. There are costumes and dancing and also a counting element.

Meet the Kiwi authorKaren McMillan

Find out more about Auckland author Karen McMillan on her author profile.

Additional information

Weight120 g
Dimensions21.5 × 13.5 cm
Format

Paperback edition

First published

2025

ISBN

9781738612062

Page count

176

Published by

Duckling Publishing

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