Shadows in the Water: A Starbuck Family Adventure, Book Two

by Kathryn Lasky

Book Overview

[shared copy] The Starbuck family is anything but ordinary. There are two sets of Starbuck twins: preteens Liberty and July, and their little sisters Charly and Molly. But even more extraordinary is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152735348
• ISBN13: 9780152735340
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

Suspenseful

The main characters in this book are Liberty and July. They are twins who have telepathic channels. They just got back from a trip to London where their dad, a special worker for the government, ended another crisis. This time their dad drags them to the Florida Keys where he can end the crisis of a very serious chemical called diploidmysterol. This chemical keeps being dumped into the ocean killing tons of sea life. On the twin's way they run into a lot of problems. For example, the twins get stuck in these drunken guy's home on an island they've never even heard about. While they're there they find out that these are the guys who keep dumping the diploidmysterol into the ocean. The time with major events is at night, because that's when the twins always sneak out of the house. You always want to be sneaky at Pelican Key, because even if you don't know it some strangers might be watching you. The theme is that the twins are trying to constantly save everything they come across from the diploidmysteroil, including themselves. I really enjoyed reading this book. It constantly gave details to enjoy. The author made a very constant statement of getting the point across in an enjoyable manner. Another thing is that the author doesn't always use such fancy words like diploidmysterol.

An Exciting Page Turner

I enjoyed Shadows in the Water because it is such an imaginative novel but yet seems so real. The Starbuck Family is full of unusual features. Including two sets of twins, Liberty and July (feternal),Molly and Charly (identical), the Starbuck Family goes on many wild adventures.To make the story even more exciting, both sets of twins are telipathic. On this expidition,the twins are sent to the Florida Keys. Meeting up with some toxic waste dumpers, the children find that a beautiful dolphin's life is at risk. Being able to communicate with the dolphins using their telepathy, the children do the best they can to save this beautiful dolphin. This book is very thrilling. If you decide to get it, I hope you enjoy it.

Book for all ages

This book might be one of my all time favorites, I've read it about 8 times now and it never gets old. I recently bought the book before it because I was so impressed with Shadows in the water. The writing is incredible and the story untouchable. The twins are so life like and you can almost hear the dolphin's voices in your own head. This book can be enjoyed by all ages

This book was Awesome!!!

I really loved this book!! It was great! I really enjoyed how the author described the dolphins and how the twins could communicate with them. I reccomend this book to anyone who likes dolphins. It was a great read.

Perfect for kids who crave adventure and mystery!

Liberty and July; Charly and Molly Starbuck are two sets of twins telepathically connected. Their family moves from Washington, D.C. to Pelican Key in the Florida Keys with high hopes for an exciting autumn. Mr. Starbuck is assigned to catch criminals illegally dumping toxic substances into to Keys' waterways. The older twins, July and Liberty, take it upon themselves to find these criminals and save their new-found dolphin friends from almost certain death. The problem is Robbie, another of their new friends, has been caught once by these villians and if he gets caught again, he might not get a chance to get away again and neither will any of the twins