{"id":32279,"date":"2019-10-09T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/?p=32279"},"modified":"2019-11-19T15:36:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:36:45","slug":"atticus-van-tasticus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/kids-club\/entertainment\/books\/atticus-van-tasticus\/","title":{"rendered":"Atticus Van Tasticus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Shiver me timbers! Check out&nbsp;<strong>Atticus Van Tasticus<\/strong> &#8211; the&nbsp;<em>arrgh<\/em>-some new new book by Andrew Daddo and Stephen Michael King.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/10\/atticus-van-tasticus-716x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32316\" width=\"369\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/10\/atticus-van-tasticus-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/10\/atticus-van-tasticus-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/10\/atticus-van-tasticus-768x1099.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/10\/atticus-van-tasticus.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Step back to <strong>1750<\/strong>,&nbsp;when times were tough and teeth were <strong>rotten<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">As part of an ancient family tradition, <strong>10-year-old<\/strong> Atticus Van Tasticus narrowly escapes a life down the coal mines (or worse, going to school \u2013 yuk) when he gets to choose the gift of a <strong>pirate ship<\/strong> from his Grandnan\u2019s <strong>treasure pile<\/strong>.&nbsp;<br><br>Atticus pulls together a rag-tag bunch of misfits. There&#8217;s <strong>Wrong-way Warren<\/strong>, <strong>Fish Face<\/strong>, <strong>Stink Eye<\/strong>, <strong>Mullet<\/strong>, <strong>Slap Foot<\/strong>, <strong>Princess<\/strong> and <strong>Buttface<\/strong>. He even has a plan \u2013 to find treasure. Atticus Van Tasticus&nbsp;is the captain of his own destiny.&nbsp;The trouble is, he doesn&#8217;t really have a clue\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/10\/atticus-characters-1024x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/10\/atticus-characters-1024x560.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/10\/atticus-characters-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/10\/atticus-characters-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2019\/10\/atticus-characters.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pick up your copy from penguin.com.au (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.com.au\/books\/atticus-van-tasticus-9780143796541\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to order your copy<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiver me timbers! Check out&nbsp;Atticus Van Tasticus &#8211; the&nbsp;arrgh-some new new book by Andrew Daddo and Stephen Michael King.&nbsp; Step back to 1750,&nbsp;when times were tough and teeth were rotten. 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