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TheNewYorkTimesbestsellingMagicTreeHouseseriesisback!Butwiththemagictreehousecomesterriblenews:Merlin'sbelovedpenguin,Penny,hasbeenputunderaspell!JackandAnniemustfindfourthingstobreakthespell.Thefirstisarareandpreciousemerald.WhenthemagictreehousewhisksthembacktoIndiaoverfourhundredyearsagotosearchforthejewel,theydiscoveranamazingandexoticworldfilledwithgreatdanger.WillJackandAnniefindwhatthey'relookingfor?Willtheyavoidthewrathoftheall-powerfulGreatMogul,surviveacrazyrideonawildelephant,escapeanattackbykingcobras--andmakeitbacktothemagictreehousealive?MaryPopeOsbornebringstogetherjusttherightcombinationofhistory,magic,andfast-pacedadventuretosatisfykids,parents,teachers,andlibrarians.MagicTreeHousebooksareknownaroundtheworldasbooksthatinspirereading.
作者简介
MaryPopeOsbornegrewupinthemilitary,andbythetimeshewasfifteenhadlivedinOklahoma,Austria,FloridaandfourdifferentarmypostsinVirginiaandNorthCarolina.AftergraduatingfromtheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHillintheearly1970's,MarytraveledalloverEurope,andspentthefirstsixweeksofhertriplivinginacaveontheislandofCrete.ShethenjoinedupwithagroupofEuropeanyoungpeopleandtraveledinricketyvansthroughsixteenAsiancountries,includingIraq,Iran,Afghanistan,Pakistan,IndiaandNepal.Shewasabartender,anactingteacher,awaitress,atravelagent,awindowdresser,andamedicalassistant--allbeforebecominganauthor!Nowsheistheauthorofmanyhighlyacclaimedpicturebooks,earlychapterbooks,middle-gradebiographies,andyoungadultnovels.InFebruary1993,Marywaselectedthe27thpresidentoftheAuthor'sGuild,theoldest,mostestablishedorganizationforwritersintheUnitedStates.MaryherhusbandWillspilttheirtimebetweenanapartmentinGreenwichVillage,NewYorkandacabininPennsylvania.TheyownaterriernamedBailey,whosleepsonthetopofMary'sdeskeverydaywhileshewrites!