The Golden Statue Plot

Geronimo Stilton #55

by Geronimo Stilton

Each Geronimo Stilton book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.

Rancid rat hairs, the cat pirates are coming to town! They're planning on stealing New Mouse City's Statue of Liberty and taking it back to Cat Island. They think it's completely made of gold! My friends and I are determined to protect our city's precious symbol. But can we stop these fearsome felines?

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Animals, Fantasy, Chapter Books, Juvenile, Cats

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

A pseudonym of Elisabetta Dami, see also Tea Stilton.

Elisabetta Dami is an Italian author that currently resides in Italy. She is the author of the Geronimo Stilton series, a bestselling childrens book. She enjoys traveling the world seeking ideas for her series. She writes under a pseudonym of Geronimo Stilton. She is also a co-owner of Italian based publishing company Edizioni Piemme.

Reviews

[Vivaan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book because it was really funny but it was not that great . my favourite character in this book was Catordon because he was the boss of the pirate cats and was very stupid. my favourite part of this book was when the two kids of Catordon was hiding and listening to what the two new pirates were talking about. the funniest part was when a few of them escaped to the land of new mouse city and grabbed a speedboat, they were stung by bees. the part I did not like about the book was when Catordon was using a lot of electricity because it was quite boring.

[Abdullah]

it is a very excellent book

[Rosa · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was a fun, simpel, little story, if i would be 10 y/o i will probably give it a 4 or 5 star rating. I just saw this on the shelf and thought why not, I never have read a stilton book before :)

[Jade Liu · Rating 4 out of 5]

I borrowed this book from an instructor when I asked her for books that would be good for beginners in Italian. I enjoyed the story and learned a lot of new vocabulary, but I'm not sure I would qualify this as one fit for those who are just starting out. First of all, there are a lot of made-up words and expressions. Most are just wordplays on cats and mice, which are not hard to identify. But others are more difficult to distinguish, and even when we can recognize the wordplays, it is not always evident for language learners as to what the correct word or expression should be. Second of all, there are a lot of vocabulary that just aren't taught in class. And this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but when the author uses five different words to mean "shout," it can get a bit confusing.

[Angela Culp · Rating 3 out of 5]

I definitely see why it's appealing to kids. I have never even opened one of them before, so the brightly varied fonts were a pleasant and amusing surprise. I felt like it really would help kids to learn how to better understand meaning from context. I also wonder if it encourages kids to use stronger action verbs and more adjectives in their own writing because of the emphasis on unique and funny words. Hmmm... I'd love a parent's or teacher's perspective on this.

[Jennifer Margulis · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book out loud to my five-year-old. She liked it. I did not. I found the characters hard to keep track of, the plot completely obvious, the shifting narration annoying, and the book generally tiresome. I think this could be a good book for a new reader to read to herself but as a read-aloud book I would not recommend it (though Leone would.)

[Eesha Karthik · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked it, it was very funny when the carrier pigeon pooped on Geronimo's head whenever he comes to deliver a letter. And I didn't know that cats don't like fleas. I laughed when Scout bounced on Catardone's belly. Kitty , Scout, and Oscar are very kind to Geronimo and mouse island. But was the mousey liberty made of gold? And Geronimo did look like a reverse panda.

[Advik Rajaani · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a really good book I loved it about the mystery where where Cataredon IIthe third wanted to Steel the golden statue and Geronimo and bugsy and and Benjamin they were all like defining the plan it was so good. Then the best part was when the cat King had to do the generator pedaling I would like laughing so much at that silently.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This adventure was based on the idea that people should cut back on their electricity consumption. I remember this being a very big issue when I was in elementary school, and reading this book made me think about my own habits concerning electricity use. Definitely a good lesson to teach the kids!

[Aman Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good as I say so

[Parth Shah]

The book was not excellent but it was good.

[Katrina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kept seeing these books in schools while I was subbing, and I decided I wanted to find out why they seemed so popular! Very cute, and a quick read, definitely a great kids' book!

[M.j.]

awesome

[Manjot]

amazing

[Whole And · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good story about the consequences of stealing.

[A G · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a quick and good book. Best for kids 6 through 10. All of these books are very vibrant and colorful. :)

[The Brothers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Asher (8yo) read.

[KarthikRam · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a very good book

[Emily Reagan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute. We liked the pirate cats.

[Kaytee · Rating 5 out of 5]

the cats were so dumb to not know that there statue was made out of cheese and they use a lot of electricity and they should have some secret money so they never run out of money.

[craftboundbooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this to my little sister. And in her words “I LOVED IT!!”😂😂

[Edward Davies · Rating 3 out of 5]

The boy thought it was interesting, and he learned a little bit about the USA.

[Reyansh]

It was good and intresting

[Vidyuth Gowtham · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Omkar Deshmukh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book,
Thats all I can say about because it is meant to read by children, still a plesant read.

[Saanvi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the very first book i read. It is the base of my interest in reading.

[Aarush Deshmukh · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a very nice book

[Simone Mouw · Rating 3 out of 5]

Een superspannend avontuur weer, vol spanning en actie. Zoals altijd worden de boeken van Stilton ruim voorzien van illustraties. Ook dit keer staat het er vol mee: dan weer als kleine illustratie, dan weer als paginagrote goed uitgewerkte tekening, maar ook als verduidelijking voor bepaalde acties, voorzien van pijlen en geschreven tekst. Ook staan er weer de nodige font-grappen in, waarbij het lettertype aangepast is aan de tekst die het moet verbeelden. Mijn eigen zoon heeft lezen nooit zo heel leuk gevonden, (gelukkig vond hij het wel leuk als ik voorlas) maar dit boek vond hij wel erg leuk om te lezen, mede vanwege de vele illustraties.

[Sarthak Agarwal · Rating 5 out of 5]

This boook was about a story that Geronimo told in which catardone's kingdom they were of money to pay the electricity bill so they went to steal mousy liberty for gold but after all it wasn't MADE OF GOLD and they didn't succeed because of geronimo's cat friends

I LOVED IT!!!!!!!

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun book about Geronimo Stilton & his friends. It includes good information about the ecology of the ocean floor, the Statues of Liberty, and practical ways to save energy!