Benton Johnson and the Tale of Tu'i Malila

The world is in grave danger and no one knows it, no human anyway- except for thirteen old Benton Johnson. To make matters worse, he is alone and lost in a rainforest. Life was bad enough for Benton after losing his mom, but now, his world has turned beyond upside down. While on a Junior Discoverers' expedition, he falls from the boat and becomes trapped in a South American jungle where he stumbles onto an ancient Aztec ruin and acquires the most incredible ability, though he soon wishes he had not. He learns that the demon pirate Black Bellamy is heading his way to drink the life force of Tu'i Malila, a tortoise with the power of the ages inside her. Then he learns that it is up to him to stop Bellamy. Life was beyond unfair. If Black Bellamy drains Tu'i's life force he will become invincible, and will destroy the entire world. It is up to Benton and his small band of unlikely heroes-a porcupine named Tennyson and an iguana named Hermando-to save the world. But how was he, Benton Johnson, a nobody from nowhere, supposed to battle such supernatural evil and save the world?

The world is in grave danger and no one knows it, no human anyway, except for thirteen-year-old Benton Johnson. The adventure grows more dangerous as it continues on for Benton and his ragtag group of friends. Armed with the power to speak with animals, Benton must finish his desperate race to rescue the ancient tortoise Tu'i Malila before the possessed pirate Black Bellamy consumes her powerful life force and destroys the world. After having already lost a trusted companion along the way, and barely escaping with his own life in his mission to discover the location of Tu'i's secret whereabouts, Benton must now face Bellamy's demonic minions and save Tu'i with only his wits and any animal brave, or foolish, enough to help. Time is running out and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. |The world is in grave danger and no one knows it, no human anyway, except for thirteen-year-old Benton Johnson. The adventure grows more dangerous as it continues on for Benton and his ragtag group of friends.