From School Library Journal
Grade 4 Up A dead man on a raft in the South Pacific causes Dr. Jake Cooper and his teenage children to investigate the disappearance of Adam MacKenzie, a missionary to the island of Aquarius. There they find a colony of businessmen, college professors, housewives and the like, under the leadership of Kelno, a man claiming to have founded "a brand-new world, a place free from crime, war, bloodshed, and greed"but who is actually a demented megalomaniac. After many breathless encounters with fire walking, human sacrifices to a giant snake, earthquakes and vicious African tiger flies, the Coopers rescue the missionary. Stereotyped characters include the brave, born-again American Christians versus the Satanic Kelso and his deluded followers. Implausible plot, improbable setting, undisciplined writing, but the headlong pace will keep readers turning pages. The Christian message that Kelno is the Antichrist of 2 Thessalonians and Revelation is stated unequivocally. Best for Christian schools and conservative church libraries. Pat Pearl, First Presbyterian Church Library, Martinsville, Va.Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Card catalog description
Two teenagers and their father brave many dangers on an exotic South Sea island as they search for a missing missionary.

ANNOTATION

Two teenagers and their father brave many dangers on an exotic South Sea island as they search for a missing missionary.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

When Jay and Lila Cooper travel with their archaeologist father to an exotic South Sea island, they find some strange things going on. Could the arrogant, tyrannical leader of the island colony be the missing person they've been sent to find? The second book in the Cooper Kids Adventures series.

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