AN EXTRAORDINARY MYSTERY OF HISTORY FROM GEOFFREY McSKIMMING!

CAIRO JIM and the LAGOON of TIDAL MAGNIFICENCE

A Sumatran Tale of Splendour

High in the crater of an extinct, jungle-covered volcano in Sumatra, a legendary ancient Palace is thought to exist!

What astounding secret does this Palace harbour? Where is the missing Turkish Women's Olympic Championship Tent Erection Team?

What has the Glamourdust Glove and Gusset Company got to do with it? Will Cairo Jim (that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet) and his friends, Doris the macaw, Brenda the Wonder Camel and Jocelyn Osgood of Valkyrian Airways, discover the amazing truth?

Do you know your top button is undone?

Another action-packed, breathless romp of historical whimsy from the pen of Geoffrey McSkimming!

'In the 12th book of this funny and astute series ... there's action and humour by the bucketful, all spun with flamboyant and inventive prose. Combining adventure, travel and knowing wit ... will appeal to girls and boys aged around 10 to 14. McSkimming revels in the storytelling and his sense of fun is infectious.' -- The Sunday Age

'Perfect for serialisation with a class ... an often hilarious and challenging novel, with the usual smirks, masterful wordplay (and frequent use of parentheses), rich with Indonesian vocabulary ... should have its readers reaching for dictionaries, atlases and history books.' -- Scan magazine

Also available on tape and CD, narrated by the author, from Bolinda Audio

All written material contained herein copyright ©Geoffrey McSkimming 2005

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