"exception of Mark Williams) in an online-only version of ""The Fast Show"" sponsored by Foster's Lager. In June 2013 Higson wrote a television adaptation of ""A Caribbean Mystery"", the story that inspired Ian Fleming to give the protagonist of his novel ""Casino Royale"" a name. He also portrayed the ornithologist James Bond in the production. In 2015 Higson adapted the novel ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" by Robert Louis Stevenson for ITV Studios into a ten part adventure series set in the 1930s titled ""Jekyll and Hyde"". In 2018 Higson wrote a Fighting Fantasy gamebook entitled The"
"SilverFin SilverFin is the first novel in the Young Bond series that depicts Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. It was written by Charlie Higson and released in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2005 by Puffin Books in conjunction with a large marketing campaign; a Canadian release of the same edition occurred in late March. The United States edition, which was slightly edited for content, was released on April 27, 2005 by Miramax Books. ""SilverFin""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s success spawned a mobile game published by PlayerOne on January 5, 2006 in conjunction with the release of the"
"""all new material"" and a redesigned cover. A graphic novel adaptation of ""SilverFin"" written by Charlie Higson and illustrated by artist Kev Walker was released by Puffin Books in the UK on 2 October 2008 and by Disney Hyperion in the U.S. on 18 May 2010. SilverFin SilverFin is the first novel in the Young Bond series that depicts Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. It was written by Charlie Higson and released in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2005 by Puffin Books in conjunction with a large marketing campaign; a Canadian release of"
"on the character's school-days at Eton. Higson was himself educated at Sevenoaks School, where he was a contemporary of Jonathan Evans, former Director General of MI5. The first novel, ""SilverFin"", was released on 3 March 2005 in the UK and on 27 April 2005 in the US. A second novel, ""Blood Fever"", was released on 5 January 2006 in the UK and 1 June in the US. The third novel, ""Double or Die"", was published on 4 January 2007 having had its title announced the day before. The next, ""Hurricane Gold"", came out in hardcover in the UK in September"
"and dumped guests and cast members into the river. In 1958, Zachary Ball, known as an author who wrote adventure stories for boys, wrote a fictional account of the early life of Mike Fink entitled ""Young Mike Fink"". Similar to Disney's portrayal of Fink, Ball's title character is good natured and helpful despite his sometimes hooligan and contrary temperament. Mike Fink also appears in Eudora Welty's parodic fairy-tale ""The Robber Bridegroom"". In Orson Scott Card's ""The Tales of Alvin Maker"", an alternate history version of Mike Fink appears in every novel after the first. Unlike other significant characters, he has"
"second novel in the Young Bond series, ""Blood Fever"". The game features 3 locations, 15 levels, and a variety of enemies that the player must avoid. Because Ian Fleming never explicitly said when James Bond was born, Ian Fleming Publications and Charlie Higson chose the year 1920 as his birth year. ""SilverFin"" takes place in 1933. ""SilverFin"" is broken up into three parts in addition to a prologue. In the prologue, an unnamed school boy is attacked by eels, attracted to a bleeding fishhook cut, while fishing in Loch Silverfin. Then from nowhere a mysterious eel-like man runs and jumps"
"Disney-Hyperion re-released ""SilverFin"" and ""Blood Fever"" with new cover art by artist Kev Walker. ""By Royal Command"" and ""SilverFin: The Graphic Novel"" were released in the US on 18 May 2010. With the release of the ""Hurricane Gold"" book TAMBA and Fleming media released the Avenue of Death game which is based on one of the chapters in the book. On 11 August 2008 Puffin Books announced the first Young Bond alternate reality game (ARG), The Shadow War. The online game started on 23 August, when Charlie Higson set the first mission during his appearance at the Edinburgh International Book"
"the earlier ""Adventures of Tintin"" in its use of style, colour and content, leading Harry Thompson to remark that it ""unquestionably"" belongs to the 1930s, considering it to be ""the last and best of Hergé's detective mysteries."" He asserted that this story and ""Red Rackham's Treasure"" marked the third and central stage of ""Tintin's career"", also stating that here, Tintin has been converted from a reporter into an explorer to cope with the new political climate. He further added his opinion that it was ""the most successful of all Tintin's adventures"". Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier asserted that Sir Francis"
"as big as a ham—plain and pale, but intelligent and smiling."" (""Treasure Island"" (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson page 82). He claims to have been the only man whom Flint ever feared. Like many of Stevenson's characters, there is more than a modicum of duality in the character; ostensibly Silver is a hardworking and likeable seaman, and it is only as the plot unfolds that his villainous nature is gradually revealed. His relationship with Jim Hawkins, the novel's protagonist and narrator, is interesting, as he serves as a mentor and eventually father-figure to Jim, creating much shock and emotion when"
"juvenile antagonist saw a succession of names: Silver Hair in the pantomime ""Harlequin and The Three Bears; or, Little Silver Hair and the Fairies"" by J. B. Buckstone (1853); Silver-Locks in ""Aunt Mavor's Nursery Tales"" (1858); Silverhair in George MacDonald's ""The Golden Key"" (1867); Golden Hair in ""Aunt Friendly's Nursery Book"" (ca. 1868); Silver-Hair and Goldenlocks at various times; Little Golden-Hair (1889); and finally Goldilocks in ""Old Nursery Stories and Rhymes"" (1904). Tatar credits Flora Annie Steel with naming the child (1918). Goldilocks's fate varies in the many retellings: in some versions, she runs into the forest, in some she"
"grows up, Sam plays with his friends Huck, Tom, and the slave boy Jim on a raft on the Mississippi, providing a fictitious ""real-life"" basis for the novels ""Tom Sawyer"" and ""The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"". The teenage Sam goes to work for his brother Orion, publisher of the ""Hannibal Journal"" newspaper, at his now-widowed mother's urging, but after three unhappy years, runs away to become a river boat pilot. After a rough start, he thrives under the tutelage of Captain Horace Bixby and becomes a highly skilled pilot on the Mississippi River. One day, he spots a pickpocket robbing"
"of sea urchins, where she finally dies from the pain and poison. As Bond and Amy wade to the surface, Amy suddenly steps on a sea urchin. Bond knows exactly how to remove it. Blood Fever Blood Fever is the second novel in the Young Bond series depicting Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. The novel, written by Charlie Higson, was released in the United Kingdom on 5 January 2006 by Puffin Books. ""Blood Fever"" begins with a prologue during which a young girl named Amy Goodenough is aboard her father's yacht in the middle"
"a volume entitled The Eighteen-Carat Kid and Other Stories. ""The Little Nugget"" was reprinted in the ""Philadelphia Record"" on 12 May 1940. The ""Little Nugget"" of the title is one Ogden Ford, a spoilt, unpleasant child of overindulgent, wealthy parents; he is so dubbed due to his immense ransom value, being a prime target for kidnappers. The novel revolves around numerous schemes to kidnap the boy, for various ends. It is essentially a comic romance, whose hero, Peter Burns, leaves behind a comfortable lifestyle to become a master at the boy's school, thanks to his scheming fiancée, and finds the"
"Henry Huggins Henry Huggins is a character appearing in a series of children's literature novels by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling, and first appearing in ""Henry Huggins"". He is a young boy living on Klickitat Street in Portland, Oregon. In the novels, he is in elementary school. The novels take place in the 1950s, which is when Cleary wrote most of the books. The books describe adventures that he experiences in his neighborhood and his interactions with other neighborhood children. He has a dog named Ribsy and a part-time job doing a paper route in North Portland. Cleary, a"
"and for ten days lies unconscious. When he regains consciousness he learns that George has moved back to America to be with his mother, and that his Uncle Max has died, leaving James his car. On 5 May 2011, Puffin Books released two special editions of SilverFin. First is a numbered, Limited Edition hardcover with a new introduction by Charlie Higson. It had a glow in the dark cover and came in an engraved Perspex slipcase. All copies were signed by Charlie Higson and will be limited to 1,000 copies worldwide. Puffin also released a new Special Edition paperback with"
"released in the UK on 2 October 2008. In 2008, ""SilverFin: The Graphic Novel"", was released as a graphic novel on 2 October 2008 by Puffin Books. The book was written by Charlie Higson and illustrated by renowned comic book artist Kev Walker. It was released by Disney Publishing in the US as both a hardcover and paperback in 2010 and was awarded the 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award the following year. Due to the success of ""SilverFin"" and ""Blood Fever"", Hollywood has been interested in adapting these novels to film; however, Ian Fleming Publications and Charlie Higson have"
"by William Boyd, was published, set in 1969. In October 2014 it was announced that Anthony Horowitz was to write a ""Bond"" continuation novel. Set in the 1950s two weeks after the events of ""Goldfinger"", it contains material written, but previously unreleased, by Fleming. ""Trigger Mortis"" was released on 8 September 2015. The ""Young Bond"" series of novels was started by Charlie Higson and, between 2005 and 2009, five novels and one short story were published. The first Young Bond novel, ""SilverFin"" was also adapted and released as a graphic novel on 2 October 2008 by Puffin Books. In October"
"such as J. D. Salinger's ""The Catcher in the Rye"" and Mark Twain's ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"" [New York Times review, May 19, 1995]. The book contains frank descriptions of drug use such as marijuana and methamphetamine and sexual abuse by the narrator's stepfather, which, coupled with the young age of the narrator, has contributed to the book's controversy. Chapman Dorset (a.k.a. Chappie, Bone) is the protagonist of the book. He is a 14-year-old drug dealer living in upstate New York with his mother and his abusive stepfather. He runs away from home to live with his best friend and"
"Captain Haddock from the ""pitiable drunk"" which he was introduced as in ""The Crab with the Golden Claws"" to the position of ""chief sidekick and comic attraction"", with Snowy being relegated to the position of ""normal dog"". Michael Farr described both ""The Seven Crystal Balls"" and ""Prisoners of the Sun"" as ""classic middle-period Tintin"", commenting on their ""surprisingly well-balanced narrative"" and noting that they exhibited scant evidence of Hergé's turbulent personal life. He felt that ""The Seven Crystal Balls"" encapsulated the ""air of doom"" which pervaded the mood of Europe at the time to an even greater extent than Hergé"
"of the train on the way to school, thinking he had left it behind. All spectacles and front teeth, he is not an attractive lad, and has a rather irritable and cruel nature, especially when he considers he has been ""cheeked"" by young Mike. An intellectual kind of crook, ""Smooth"" Sam Fisher got his nickname for his silky manners as much as for his slippery scheming. He has bright, humorous brown eyes and a plump and rosy complexion, and makes a regular business of trying to kidnap Ogden Ford, a.k.a. ""The Little Nugget"". He first tried in 1906, in New"
"it but there is no cowboy train!"" Higson completed work on the book in December 2006, a month before ""Double or Die"" was released. Charlie Higson's working title was ""Lágrimas Negras"", but because the publishers had the idea of publishing it as an all-gold book, they asked Higson to try to come up with a title that included the word ""gold"". Also changed was the name of the character Precious Stone. She was originally named Amaryllis Stone after the half-sister of Ian Fleming (who is also referenced in the short story ""The Living Daylights""). But because the character starts out"
"Captain Haddock as a permanent addition to the cast. Hergé introduced Captain Haddock in ""The Crab with the Golden Claws"" as the rum-loving captain of the ""Karaboudjan"", a merchant vessel used— without Haddock's knowledge— by his first mate Allan for smuggling drugs inside crab tins. Because of his alcoholism and temperamental nature, his character was weak and unstable, at times posing as great a hazard to Tintin as the villains of the piece. He was also short-tempered, given to emotional expletive-ridden outbursts, and capable of infuriating behaviour; at one point he even attacks Tintin when, while traversing the Moroccan desert,"
"draw in a new audience. The films have little to do with the Bond we used to know, and now the books are going the same way. Higson, for his part, has been on record as stating that he intends to stay true to the backstory Ian Fleming created for Bond, though this in many ways contradicts the popular """" by John Pearson. When ""SilverFin"" was published in March 2005, reviews of the novel were good. This, in addition to a large marketing campaign in the United Kingdom, elevated ""SilverFin"" to the number eight spot on the Booksellers list of"
"on his young adult zombie series, ""The Enemy"". Since the release of the first novel, ""SilverFin"", in 2005, the series has become very successful and has led to further works including games, a graphic novel and a supplemental travel guide. English-language versions of the books are published by Puffin Books in the United Kingdom and Hyperion Books For Children in the United States. According to Charlie Higson, Ian Fleming Publications initially planned for him to only write one novel and that every subsequent novel would be written by a rotating author. This plan fell apart and Higson agreed to author"
"format by Editions Casterman in 1944. ""Red Rackham's Treasure"" contained one of Hergé's two favourite illustrations from ""The Adventures of Tintin"". It combines three actions encapsulating a sequence of events into one drawing: Haddock striding up the beach in the foreground, the rowboat being brought ashore in the middle ground, and the ""Sirius"" weighing anchor in the background. Rather than immediately embark on the creation of a new Tintin adventure, Hergé agreed to a proposal that ""Le Soir"" crime writer, Paul Kinnet, would author a detective story featuring Thomson and Thompson. The story was titled ""Dupont et Dupond, détectives"" (""Thomson"
"that his choices carry consequences far greater than he ever could have dreamed possible. Hawkins and Silver is an extraordinary fantasy adventure retelling of the all-time classic Treasure Island story, set in an amazing steampunk world where animals live and work alongside humans, and absolutely anything is possible. Pirates and plunder, virtue and honor, high adventure and looming danger – and a young boy growing up in an uncertain world, faced with the decision of who he really wants to be. Hawkins and Silver Hawkins and Silver is an upcoming 3-D CGI film based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure"
"of fiction. Although not exploited to its fullest, adventure has seen many changes over the years – from being constrained to stories of knights in armor to stories of high-tech espionages. Examples of that period include Sir Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas, père, Jules Verne, Brontë Sisters, H. Rider Haggard, Victor Hugo, Emilio Salgari, Louis Henri Boussenard, Thomas Mayne Reid, Sax Rohmer, Edgar Wallace, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Adventure novels and short stories were popular subjects for American pulp magazines, which dominated American popular fiction between the Progressive Era and the 1950s. Several pulp magazines such as ""Adventure"", ""Argosy"", ""Blue Book"","
"copper mine and tunnels under the sea. Changes have been made to ""The Island of Adventure"" in newer editions of the book. These include: The Island of Adventure The Island of Adventure (published in 1944) is a popular children's book by Enid Blyton. It is the first book in the Adventure Series. The first edition was illustrated by Stuart Tresilian. When a boy called Jack and his sister Lucy-Ann Trent go to their new friends, Philip's and Dinah's home Craggy-Tops during the school holidays, they find that something very sinister is happening on the mysterious Isle of Gloom, and Philip,"
"children's supplement to (""""The Twentieth Century""""), a staunchly Roman Catholic, conservative Belgian newspaper based in Hergé's native Brussels which was run by the ""Abbé"" Norbert Wallez. In 1929, Hergé began ""The Adventures of Tintin"" comic strip for , about the exploits of fictional young Belgian reporter Tintin. Wallez ordered Hergé to set his first adventure in the Soviet Union to act as anti-socialist propaganda for children (""Tintin in the Land of the Soviets""), to set his second adventure in the Belgian Congo to encourage colonial sentiment (""Tintin in the Congo""), and to set his third adventure in the United States"
"also to their parents and teachers. He is today mainly remembered for ""The Coral Island"", to the exclusion of much of his other work. The novel was still considered a classic for English primary school children in the early 20th century. In the United States it was long a staple of suggested reading lists for high-school students; such a list, discussed in a 1915 article in ""The English Journal"", recommends the novel in the category ""Stories for Boys in Easy Style"". A simplified adaptation of the book was recommended in the 1950s for American 12–14 year olds. Although mostly neglected"
"she eventually had to say goodbye to Sylvia and her childhood. Magic for Marigold Magic for Marigold (1929) is a novel written by L. M. Montgomery. It is an expansion of 4 linked short stories Montgomery wrote and originally published in 1925. Marigold Lesley is an imaginative young girl whose father died before she was born. She grew up at her paternal relatives' estate, Cloud of Spruce. Marigold's family includes her loving mother, steely Young Grandmother, shrewd Old Grandmother, her Uncle Klondike who is a former sailor, and her Aunt Marigold, a doctor who saved Marigold's life as a baby."
"in the album titled ""Stormy Petrel"" by Sunderland punk band Leatherface. The son of a joiner, he was born in 1829 in Dunning Street, Bishopwearmouth, and was educated at The Gray School, Sunderland. By the age of 10, he was working with a gang of riggers on the ships but spent his spare time painting and carving wood; perhaps the former was less successful as he was proved to be colour blind. Hodgson made his first recorded rescue in 1844, at the age of 14, jumping into the River Wear to save three-year-old John Snowdon,who later became a renowned ship's"
"Sarin, which had been discovered by the Nazis. Goldfinger has an obsession with gold to the extent that academic Elizabeth Ladenson says that he is ""a walking tautology"". Ladenson lists both his family name and his first name as being related to gold (""Auric"" is an adjective pertaining to gold); his clothes, hair, car and cat are all gold coloured, or a variant thereof; his Korean servants are referred to by Bond as being ""yellow"", or yellow-faced""; and he paints his women (normally prostitutes) gold before sex. Elizabeth Ladenson thought the character of Pussy Galore to be ""perhaps the most"