Adventures on Trains #05: Sabotage on the Solar Express

Adventures on Trains #05: Sabotage on the Solar Express
M G Leonard, Sam Sedgman
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Paperback
h197 x 130mm - 304pg
17 Feb 2022 UK
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9781529072655
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Ride into danger with Hal and Uncle Nat on the fifth breathtaking Adventures on Trains Mystery, Sabotage on the Solar Express, from bestselling award-winners M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. Perfect for readers of 8 to 12 and brilliantly illustrated in black and white throughout by Elisa Paganelli. Billionaire train enthusiast August Reza has invited Harrison Beck and Uncle Nat to travel on the maiden voyage of the winning design of his Reza' s Rocket competition. Australian child genius Boaz won with his hybrid locomotive, driven by hydrogen fuel cells and solar power. But during the journey from Alice Springs to Darwin, someone onboard sabotages the train, hurtling passengers into a heart-stopping thrill-ride across the Australian Outback. Can Hal find the saboteur and stop the runaway train before disaster strikes? Praise for the Series:' Like Murder on the Orient Express but better!' Frank Cottrell-Boyce on The Highland Falcon Thief' A thrilling and hugely entertaining adventure story' - David Walliams on The Highland Falcon Thief' A first class choo-choo-dunnit!' David Solomons on Kidnap on the California Comet' A high-speed train journey worth catching . . . The best yet. ' The Times on Murder on the Safari Star

Adventures on Trains #01: Highland Falcon Thief, The - (not currently available)
#02: Kidnap on the California Comet
#03: Murder on the Safari Star
#04: Danger at Dead Man's Pass
#05: Sabotage on the Solar Express
#06: The Arctic Railway Assassin

Wildly funny, with hairpin plot bends and inventive characters, this series is firmly on track to become a bestseller * Daily Mail * Like Murder on the Orient Express but better! -- Frank Cottrell-Boyce on The Highland Falcon Thief ' A first class choo-choo-dunnit! -- David Solomons on Kidnap on the California Comet A high-speed train journey worth catching . . . The best yet. * The Times on Murder on the Safari Star *
M. G. Leonard has made up stories since she was a girl, but back then adults called them lies or tall tales and she didn' t write them down. As a grown up, her favourite things to create stories about are beetles, birds, and trains. Her books have been translated into over forty languages and won many awards. She is the vice president of the insect charity Buglife, and a founding author of Authors4Oceans. She lives in Brighton with her husband, two sons, a fat cat called Kasper, a dog called Nell, and a variety of exotic beetles. Sam Sedgman is a novelist, playwright and award-winning digital producer. His work has been performed internationally and shortlisted for the Courtyard Theatre award. With his friend M. G. Leonard, he wrote the bestselling Adventures on Trains series. The Highland Falcon Thief was Sam' s first book for children. He lives in London and is a lifelong train and mystery enthusiast. Elisa Paganelli was born in Italy and since childhood, hasn' t been able to resist the smell of paper and pencils. She graduated from the European Institute of Design in Turn and worked in advertising, as well as running an award-winning design shop and studio. She now collaborates as a freelance designer with publishers and advertising agencies all over the world, including designing and illustrating The House With Chicken Legs (Usborne) and the Travels of Ermine series (Usborne).
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ISBN-13: 9781529072655
Published: 17 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Pages: 304

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