Michael Rothballer Science Mysteries » The Secret of Dragon Island « Illustrated by Ute Simon 10+, September 2009 120 pages, 12.5 x 18.5 cm ISBN 978-3-7855-6799-9 paperback 4,95 € (D) Rights sold: Czech, Slovak

In the year 1836, the Beagle, an English sailing boat on an expedition in the Pacific Ocean lays anchor to one of the Galapagos Islands. Charles Darwin, the young scientist is also on board, and immediately embarks upon studying the island's flora and fauna. In the meantime the two ship's boys Sniff and Jack survey two dodgy sailors who explore the island with the help of a map: they are obviously on a treasure hunt! Sniff and Jack discover that the two sailors are in fact former pirates and an adventurous chase ensues…