Viking Ships at Sunrise (Magic Tree House Series #15)

Book Description
Jack and Annie are off in search of another story in jeopardy, this time at

a monastery in ancient Ireland. Trouble arrives when Vikings land, and Jack and

Annie must find a way to escape!







Card catalog description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monastery in medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders.


From the Inside Flap
Jack and Annie are off in search of another story in jeopardy, this time at a monastery in ancient Ireland. Trouble arrives when Vikings land, and Jack and Annie must find a way to escape!  


From the Back Cover
s have an astonishing track record for inspiring readers





Highly acclaimed by parents, teachers, and especially kids, these books have an astonishing track record for inspiring readers
Highly acclaimed by parents, teachers, and especially kids, these books have

an astonishing track record for inspiring readers. With their strong

characters, imaginative plots, and just the right dose of history or science,

it's no wonder kids love Magic Tree House books.







About the Author
Mary Pope Osborne grew up in the military, and by the time she was fifteen had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina.  After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1970's, Mary traveled all over Europe, and spent the first six weeks of her trip living in a cave on the island of Crete.  She then joined up with a group of European young people and traveled in rickety vans through sixteen Asian countries, including Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal.  She was a bartender, an acting teacher, a waitress, a travel agent, a window dresser, and a medical assistant -- all before becoming an author!  Now she is the author of many highly acclaimed picture books, early chapter books, middle-grade biographies, and young adult novels.  In February 1993, Mary was elected the 27th president of the Author's Guild, the oldest, most established organization for writers in the United States.  

Mary her husband Will spilt their time between an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York and a cabin in Pennsylvania.  They own a terrier named Bailey, who sleeps on the top of Mary's desk every day while she writes!  


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If you have any familiarity with the "Magic Tree House" series, then this book, number fifteen, will hold no surprises. Annie and Jack have a magical tree house that transports them back in time. On this outing, they head to Ireland where Morgan La Fay has asked them to obtain a special hand written book. The kids have a close call with some Viking raiders, but manage to escape safely home. As with the other adventures, history, customs and culture are woven into the story making the adventure a painless history and geography lesson.


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