Books in A Blackwood Adventure series

Jacky Faber is framed as passing confidential U.S. information to the British. Forced to flee Boston, she goes undercover as a governess for a prominent Puritan family. When outed by a nosy postmaster, she deserts the respectability of her position, dons a leotard and slippers, and poses as a Russian tightrope walker in a traveling circus. But the law soon catches up with her, and prospects do not look good. Through her many adventures, Jacky has always found the ingenuity to escape dire situations, but this time it looks like Puss in Boots has run out of lives... and her happily-ever-after will be cut short at the foot of the gallows.

When 13-year-old Ben Ward left school to work with his Pa in a logging camp, a winter of peeling potatoes and setting tables wasn’t the adventure he had in mind. Still, come spring, he signs up for the log drive with his friend Nevers, wishing the head cook on the wanigan (the floating cook shack) could be someone other than his crabby Pa. Fate, with a wink, complies, and Pa quits—only to be replaced by someone far worse: Pete Sardman, aka Old Sard, a cantankerous character complete with a greasy apron, an eye patch, one deaf ear, and plenty to say.Luckily, there’s also the rest of the crew—a colorful, sometimes outrageous company of men. Together Ben and Nevers endure freezing weather, dangerous rapids, logjams, storms and floods, and a number of gripping tall tales, along the way learning about logging on the river and a whole lot more about life. Taking up where Blackwater Ben left off, Dead Man’s Rapids returns to the north woods of Minnesota in the late nineteenth century, and with warmth, humor, and attention to historical detail engages readers both young and old.

Anthony's father has been arrested for treason by Cromwell's men. Only Anthony and his uncle can save him from hanging.When Anthony and his cousins are carried forward three centuries by a talisman that Anthony was given on a previous adventure, they find themselves at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace. Anthony is desperate to get back to his own time but when a valuable coat is stolen he knows that he will have to bring the criminals to justice before that happens. He has to enlist the help of his bookish cousin Edward to find the crooks and he is helped by a senior policeman who becomes a good friend.Will he get back to his own time and manage his father's release?

The Magic Dagger The Magic Dagger is a spy story of the Second World War, but it started in 1648. Anthony is determined to join his father who is fighting with the Cavaliers in Maidstone. Cromwell’s Roundhead army outnumber them, and during the battle, Anthony’s father is wounded. In the village of Boxley, Anthony finds a cavalier soldier who is dying, and the man begs Anthony to bury him with his much-loved dagger. When Anthony holds the dagger, he is swept forward in time to 1940, where he finds himself in the middle of another war. England is threatened by a German invasion. Anthony meets Sylvia, Sam and Ben who have moved to Maidstone with their parents to escape the London bombing. They suspect that a spy has landed. Can they foil the spy’s plans and will Anthony ever get back to his own time?

The continuing adventures of the young 17th century Cavalier, Anthony Blackwood, who finds himself dragged through time to be catapulted into 1894. Alone in an unfamiliar time, he is befriended by a kindly professor and his servant Simon. They take him to London and the Professor’s small household. Caught in the dramatic events surrounding Professor Cox and a vicious murder at the Natural History Museum, we follow Anthony and Simon as they risk their lives in a battle to clear the professor’s name… and while they are at it prevent an assassination. Can they save the professor from the gallows and will Anthony ever get back to his father, in his own time? The adventure starts again……