Recent Reads: Adventurous Ali: Temple of the Monkey God by Tyler Jolley and Mary Geis

Adventurous Ali: Temple of the Monkey God by Tyler Jolley and Mary Geis
Series: Adventurous Ali
Publisher: Joley Chronicles
Publication Date:   Sept 26, 2019

 

Format: Audibook
Source: From the author. This in no way alters my opinion or review.

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Goodreads Synopsis: 

After Alison Liv Isner is sucked into an old globe that sat on her father’s desk, she wakes beside a campfire in a lush jungle, surrounded by five talking animals. She quickly realizes these are the same friends her mom wrote about in her expedition journal. Now, at only eleven-years-old, she has the opportunity to complete her deceased Mother’s unfinished expedition in the Temple of the Monkey God.

With her new found friends, a monkey, a fat rat, a bat, a burro with a piranha in a mason jar tied around his neck, Ali decides to face the treacherous booby traps inside of the temple and save the monkey idol from an evil group called The Geese.

As she learns more about her deceased mom through her adventure journal, Ali and her friends realize the book is the key to lead them through the tunnels of the dreaded Temple of the Monkey God. If not, their lives are at stake and Ali will be trapped in the expedition realm forever.

Review: 

Isn't this cover adorable! It looks like so much fun! and it would be right, this was an action-packed read/ listen.

Ali is a young girl living during the Great Depression with her father, her mother disappeared while on an expedition. While in her father’s office waiting to go to a lesson, Ali finds herself transported into another world, with talking animals, who seem to know her mother and have been waiting for her.

This book gave me a The Chronicle of Narnia’s transport to another world mixed with Indiana Jones vibe. (Then I saw someone mention Dora the Explorer… and yes! That too).

Ali is spunky, intrigued, and determined and being thrust into an expedition to retrieve an idol from a temple was perfectly fine by her. She was living out one of her mother’s adventures and going to help her complete it. Ali is not along though, she has her animal companions – a donkey, a fish, a rat, a bat, and a monkey. I am not going to give much away, because this book is a short listen, but so much fun. However, one of the animal companions is very annoying and whiney, all his friends are nice to him but wooo did I wanna shake him to get some calm.

I think that young readers will really enjoy this book. The adventure/ expedition plot was very fun and I loved the animals and the quirks (well most of them). The writing is great, easy to follow and will be easy to understand for younger readers. 

Many thanks to Tyler for offering me the audiobook to listen to.