Books with author A. Maxwell

A girl with a thirst for adventure. A hidden room. A mystery waiting to be solved.Nina can’t resist the pull of an adventure when she feels it and when her Uncle Bill discovers a hidden room in a forgotten corner of his bookshop she knows she has to investigate.As she leads her best friend Ivy and a bespectacled boy named Oswald through the door they are instantly transported to a tent backstage at Cornelius’ Circus Spectacular. All is not well and they are soon caught up in a mystery the likes of which they had never dreamed… The Mystery of the Missing Monkey. With the show's grand finale at risk the trio can’t walk away. They must find a way to solve the disappearance before it’s too late…and hope there is a way to get home. The Mystery of the Missing Monkey is the first book in the Lost Bookshop series of stand-alone chapter books that feature a young, curious and adventure seeking cast. If your children like magical adventures that capture their imagination, they will love their time in the Lost Bookshop.Pick up The Mystery of the Missing Monkey and start your children on their next favorite book today.

Friends with a secret. A mysterious room. A spell that threatens them all.Once again drawn to the adventure that awaits in the hidden room in The Lost Bookshop, Nina, Ivy and Oswald pick up a book that transports them straight into a fairytale.Witches abound on Halloween and they soon cross paths with the Witch with the Glitch who casts a spell over them all. They have until the clock strikes midnight to find the mysterious Izzy and break the spell or they will be stuck in the fairytale land forever.Will they make it in time?The Witch with the Glitch is the third book in the Lost Bookshop series of stand-alone stories that feature a young, curious and adventure seeking cast. For middle grade readers, the Witch with the Glitch will thrill your children, whether it is their first visit to the Lost Bookshop or their third.Pick up The Witch with the Glitch today and let them join the adventure.

If you think growing up now is tough, see what the 17th century has in store for a young man in Wales. John Roberts, a young Welshman, struggles to pull his mother and younger brother out of poverty. “Oh, God, make me someone important,” he prays as he dreams of becoming an officer in the Royal Navy, admired for his heroic deeds. By chance, in the middle of a violent storm, he meets the legendary buccaneer captain of the Abemarle, and, trusting in the Lord, embarks on an amazing sea journey of self-discovery, peril, and adventure. With the help of friends he meets along the way including a formidable pirate of African descent, a streetwise teenager from his homeland, and a plucky farm girl, he takes on the aristocracy, a murderous slave trader, and a naval captain intent on his destruction. Roberts fulfills ambitions and defeats foes, but his greatest triumph is not realized until he learns what is really important and stakes everything to secure it. Readers who’ve ever made a bad decision, ever faced unjust accusations, dashed hopes, and unreturned love will sympathize with Roberts’ plights and exult in his victories. This novel includes historical events and characters.

Long ago the Faerie Queen created portals between our world and hers, so that children could summon help from faeries whenever the need arose. But a wicked entity called the Shadow Knight is endeavoring to control the doors between the two worlds, and only evil can get through. It falls to two imaginative eleven-year-olds—Victoria Deveny, from 1890 Britain, and Elliot Good, from 1966 America—to thwart his plan. The Faerie Queen dispatches the youths on separate quests to retrieve orbs of power that will ultimately defeat the Shadow Knight. Their bravery and friendship are tested as the children travel to fantastic realms and face life-threatening dangers—from dragons to flying pirate ships to a wicked sorceress queen—before they're reunited to confront the dreaded Shadow Knight. (20080915)

What would you do if the world was collapsing around you? This wasn’t supposed to happen. All Nina, Ivy and Oswald wanted was a little adventure but instead the friends find themselves captured and taken to three different islands. With the merciless Captain Ranzo and his crew of not-so-bright pirates locked in a fight to the death with Mistress Chi and her horde of ninjas, the children face their most deadly adventure yet. When Nina finds out the world is vanishing bit by bit she knows she must act or they will all disappear forever. Can they escape? And if they do, can they stop the pirates and ninjas from trying to kill each other long enough to save their own world? And what on earth is an Octomonkey? You’ll have to join the three friends on their greatest adventure yet to find out.

Sometimes the lure of adventure is too hard to resist.Nina is a girl who just can’t stay out of trouble. When she finds herself transported to a magical market on a mysterious train she thinks she’ll be able to find Christmas presents for her best friends. How wrong can you be?With a villainous thief on the loose and no time to waste, the feisty girl soon finds herself dodging danger in the most breathtaking way. Can she catch the crook? And if she does how will she stop him? With her life hanging in the balance and snow swirling around her head, you’ll have to join her on this heart-pounding adventure to find out!