Magic Tree House #39: Dark Day of the Deep Sea

In this mission Jack and Annie go to a deserted island in the middle of the sea. They see a ship and think it's pirates, so they go up to the tree house and hide. When the people get to shore, Jack and Annie see that they aren't pirates. They come down from hiding to see who they are. Three people stepped out of the boat, they were nice, not pirates. Jack and Annie asked if they could go on the ship. The man in the front said "ok, but still it's against the rules". The man in the front was named Henry, the two men in back were named Tommy and Joe. They go to the ship and a terrible storm comes so they go down to Henry's cabin. Then the bell rings and it means dinner-time. They go into the dining cabin and get the food. The food is dry biscuits, pickles and lime juice. I wouldn't like this dinner.

Jack feels sea sick so he goes up to the upper deck and Annie comes up to see what he is doing. She tells him, "we are not supposed to be up here!" Then a wave crashes down on them, and then another, and another, and another and another, until something loops around Jack, then Annie. They realize that they have been grabbed by an octopus trying to save them. Another wave crashes down and sends them into the ocean. This was my favorite part of the story.

The octopus looses his grip of them, they swim back to the ship to get on board. Once they get on board the men see that the sea monster that they were looking for was really the octopus that saved Jack and Annie. Henry tells Jack the secret of happiness. He needs this to bring back to Merlin to help Merlin get better.

Jack and Annie tried to get the octopus free and then finally the octopus breaks free. Jack, Annie and Henry go in the boat and chop the net. They return to the deserted island and Henry gives them a shell. Jack and Annie go home. I hope you like this book because I did.