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Celtic Run

Celtic Run, May 2012
Jake McGreevy
by Sean Vogel

M & B
162 pages
ISBN: 096241669X
EAN: 9780962416699
Kindle: B007TERVL6
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"Treasure on the Kerry coastline"

Fresh Fiction Review

Celtic Run
Sean Vogel

Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted October 23, 2012

Young Adult

A young adult book with fast-paced adventure in a scenic setting, CELTIC RUN brings 14-year-old Jake from NYC to the Dingle peninsula, Ireland. Jake is pleased to be accompanying his pal Julie on a school trip for summer, but less than happy that her boyfriend Zach, a football player who teases him, is also along. The three are separated on arrival to live with different sponsor families and Jake finds himself boarding with a family including lively Maggie who shows him around, lends him a bicycle and so on. Jake saves a little girl from drowning in the ocean and finds an old wooden box with a pendant and inscription. This Spanish lettering sends the youngsters on a treasure hunt for the remnants of the Spanish Armada. Unfortunately the possibility of treasure sparks interest among unscrupulous locals and the four are chased around the town of Dingle and on Skellig Michael, an island monastic site, as they go from step to step of the hunt. Jake has personal issues - his father was injured in an accident and is now in a wheelchair, and their funds have diminished. But away from home he is more concerned with his crush on Julie and with employing his cherished Leatherman tool to good end, hotwiring old cars, prising up rock steps and making booby traps. A couple of details caught my eye: Irishmen are described as wearing kilts - that's Scotsmen; the kids eat biscuits - in Ireland we call them scones; and a hastily saddled horse is apparently ridden across fields, over walls and into town without ever a mention of bridle and reins. The exploits also become ever more Indiana Jones-like. But young teenagers want action and puzzles, and this tale certainly provides those in plenty. This could be a good Christmas present for a young person, with the cheerful addition of colour photos at the start of every chapter and scenic glimpses of the south-west Irish coast.

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SUMMARY

Jake, a 14-year-old gadget whiz, didn’t plan on a summer full of treasure, thieves, and danger. He just got lucky. While in Ireland on a class trip, Jake stumbles upon the first clue to a treasure missing from the Spanish Armada. Jake sees the riches as his chance to buy back the family sailboat and restore a piece of the life he enjoyed before his father was critically injured in an accident. Desperate to find the treasure, Jake teams up with Zach, his nemesis and class bully, and two girls in a clue-hunting chase across the Dingle Peninsula. Dodging would-be thieves, exchanging wisecracks with Zach, and concocting ingenious devices to get them out of scrapes, Jake leads the team as they connect piece after piece to the more than 400-year-old mystery.


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