SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue

By Author / Illustrator

Paul Ian Cross, Katie Kear, Cherie Zamazing

Genre

STEM

Age range(s)

Publisher

QuestFriendz

ISBN

9789083294384

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

01-05-2025

Synopsis

Peanut Jones meets Jumanji in this exciting STEM-packed adventure! Be transported to Questland on a magical adventure in the SuperQuesters first chapter book for early readers.

When best friends Lilli, Leo and Bea open an ancient chest and discover an old board game, Questland, their day takes an unexpected twist! Magically transported to the kingdom of Questland, the trio find themselves with superpowers. Transformed into the SuperQuesters - Lillicorn, Leo Zoom and Bea Bumble - they have been summoned to save the village of River Crest, which evil goblin gardener, Mortifer, wants to destroy.

Can the SuperQuesters stop Mortifer's Beaver Bots building dams to flood the village? And what can they do about his lethal Dragonfly Drones sowing seeds of poisonous plants?

With the help of Clover the fairy and other magical creatures, the SuperQuesters must use their STEM skills, teamwork, problem solving and a little magic to solve puzzles, crack secret codes and outsmart Mortifer on their mission to save River Crest.

An exciting new adventure story embedded with real-life fun facts, puzzles, STEM activities and experiments to try at home or school. Plus a map and glossary. Expertly designed to support the National Curriculum for Key Stage 1 and 2 and develop children's STEM skills in fun and creative new ways.

More SuperQuesters interactive adventures available: SuperQuesters: The Case of the Missing Memory; SuperQuesters: The Case of the Stolen Sun; SuperQuesters: The Case of the Great Energy Robbery; SuperQuesters: The Case of the Angry Sea

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Reviews

Wendy

The Super Questers are back! I absolutely love these books and the children in my infants school firmly agree. In true scientific fashion, though, this is the Super Questers evolution! Whereas the previous series were large format, brightly coloured picture books with masses of stickers and puzzles to complete, this new series is aimed at older children. The books are a smaller, chapter-based format and although there are plenty of illustrations they are all monochrome, making the book look very grown-up and sophisticated for fluent readers.

In SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue, Leo, Lilli and Bee are friends with a keen interest in STEM. While helping out at a community gardening project, they discover an old game in a forgotten shed. In true Jumanji style, the game pulls them in and they find themselves in Questland, with plenty of problems that need solving in a logical and evidence-based manner. When the thrilling adventure comes to an end there is a glossary full of scientific terms used in the story to build vocabulary and 4 pages of related science experiments for children to try out at home.

The fact that River Crest Rescue - the first title in this spin-off series - features plants and our environment makes it perfect to support a summer term science-themed project of growing. Regularly featured on each page are bite-size facts about plants and animals featured in the story, which provide that 'irresistible learning' we all strive to provide for our pupils. If you have a budding scientist at home, these books will keep them happy for a few hours and can provide further activities and puzzles for them to complete later.

I can see these books being ones children will return to again and again, to check they haven't forgotten the facts or for a refresher before starting a new science topic at school, just so they can impress everyone with their prior knowledge! Highly recommended.

128 pages / Reviewed by Wendy Kelly, teacher