Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
CHAPTER PAGE I A Mysterious Message 1 II The Boy and the Basket 9 III The Rajah’s Ruby 16 IV Biff Vanishes 25 V Danger at Dawn 33 VI The Cry of Death 42 VII The Temple of Kali 49 VIII Chandra Finds a Way 57 IX The Man in the Jeep 65 X The Tiger Hunt 74 XI A Thief in the Night...
His eyes narrowed as he spoke. He was looking off toward the nearest mountain pass, and Biff, following his gaze, saw a tiny figure coming toward them at a jog-trot.
4. Part 4“This temple is old and broken, but the idol is a new one! We can’t hide here! This is where the thugs themselves meet to worship Kali. They have driven us up into their trap, a...
8. Part 8“It needs much more.” The interruption came from a squatty, broadly built porter named Hurdu, as he tested the tree with a clumsy foot. “We need ten more trees like this.”
3. Part 3Many were crowding into first- and second-class compartments, only to be pushed out and ordered back to where they belonged, in third class. Amid the commotion, Chandra found on...
2. Part 2By then, Biff was moving into the courtyard himself. He edged over to one side and gained a look through the inner arch. Beyond the closed gate he saw what appeared to be a larg...
5. Part 5They had reached the actual village now, a mass of closely built huts with mud walls and tiled roofs, surrounded by yapping, nondescript dogs. It was almost sundown, and from th...
6. Part 6Right then, Biff was hoping to jab his attacker’s neck nerves, judo style, which would have turned the tables completely. But his squirmy foe didn’t wait. He managed to yank the...
7. Part 7At the same time, Judge Arista stated that the trip to Chonsi was not only urgent but dangerous. Colonel Gorak confirmed that when he spoke both to Biff’s mother and his Uncle C...
1. Part 1CHAPTER PAGE I A Mysterious Message 1 II The Boy and the Basket 9 III The Rajah’s Ruby 16 IV Biff Vanishes 25 V Danger at Dawn 33 VI The Cry of Death 42 VII The Temple of Kali 4...
10. Part 10“I decided to take over,” Muscles went on, “when we found a lot of Hurdu’s men down in the courtyard. We jumped them before they knew what to expect. They knew, though, when the...