tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387279672024-03-14T01:17:36.966-05:00Books for Boys - Children's Adventure & Mystery Author Max Elliot AndersonAction-Adventures & Mysteries For Middle Grade Readers.
After all, readers are the leaders others follow.maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.comBlogger941125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-24887732206232890012024-02-19T12:21:00.003-06:002024-02-19T12:21:37.571-06:00Turn your struggling, reluctant reader into an avid reader. Especially boys.<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Turn your <b><span style="color: red;">struggling</span></b>, reluctant reader into an <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">avid</span></b> reader. Especially boys.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIceDlR7oRsD6mFUMfrcgknY0NRqJTBUJCP3o_xudBJKFt1Na_aHaBQRCrQHvEG4A3AKiAZtbw40uD_DGAZ2Ng6b06xXXgFHzIhxfPhzB8Be3tamUZHche_3nAlCrp8VduZ0_zMROsLz1m1RgWvZgmim5rKKvu4jpD2fS_eEJbm31HCXZMr10kNyzG6U4/s4032/2A3383C1-B39B-4BC2-9FF3-15FFDD45765F_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIceDlR7oRsD6mFUMfrcgknY0NRqJTBUJCP3o_xudBJKFt1Na_aHaBQRCrQHvEG4A3AKiAZtbw40uD_DGAZ2Ng6b06xXXgFHzIhxfPhzB8Be3tamUZHche_3nAlCrp8VduZ0_zMROsLz1m1RgWvZgmim5rKKvu4jpD2fS_eEJbm31HCXZMr10kNyzG6U4/w480-h640/2A3383C1-B39B-4BC2-9FF3-15FFDD45765F_1_201_a.heic" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Amazon Author Page</span></p><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B002BLP3EE?ingress=0&visitId=67759ce4-7221-4a8a-a2d5-4b3b125bf576">https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B002BLP3EE?ingress=0&visitId=67759ce4-7221-4a8a-a2d5-4b3b125bf576</a> </span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-1066587818297807892024-01-30T08:51:00.002-06:002024-01-30T08:51:22.125-06:00Where Do You Get Ideas For Your Middle Grade Adventures And Mysteries?<p><span style="font-size: large;">A reoccurring question I hear often concerns a variation of, “Where do you get the ideas for your mystery and adventure books for kids?” This is an area where I feel particularly blessed because my life has included more than its share of adventure.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Much of it came from how I grew up, in a family of seven children. We lived in an idyllic place called Wolf Lake, Michigan. Our house was located on the grounds of the original Youth Haven where we had no end of woods to explore, lakes to swim in, and several colorful characters who lived nearby. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It was later, through my film production experiences, that more serious adventures occurred. Like going to Vietnam to shoot a film just after getting out of the army. Or the project in Belfast, Northern Ireland, while the bombings were still frequent.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This post is about another one of those projects. In 2005, the story originally appeared in Guideposts and was called, “An Unexpected Song.” At the time, I had no idea that my father had put together a book of photographs from our ordeal. On a recent trip, to visit my mother, I found it. Some of the pictures I remember my dad shooting but not all of them. I had even shot a few of them, but completely forgot about it after all these years. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Here, in pictures, is a true adventure story.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGSnAvRDI/AAAAAAAABZI/R1u5q4mygiA/s1600/Arizona+1.jpg" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGSnAvRDI/AAAAAAAABZI/R1u5q4mygiA/s320/Arizona+1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">“Living Legends” is the title of a film we were shooting. It documented what happens in a Native American family when the father becomes a Christian and leads his family. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGWadCpUI/AAAAAAAABZM/_70UarCgkt4/s1600/Arizona+2.jpg" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGWadCpUI/AAAAAAAABZM/_70UarCgkt4/s320/Arizona+2.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Our final family interview was shot on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. We finished early, allowing us to begin our trip back home sooner than expected. One of the local people gave us directions including a shortcut, right through the reservation, which would cut fifteen to twenty miles off the trip. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGZRmuhvI/AAAAAAAABZQ/oIcL5So8paY/s1600/Arizona+3.jpg" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGZRmuhvI/AAAAAAAABZQ/oIcL5So8paY/s1600/Arizona+3.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We set out on the course we thought would take us to the main highway, but things went very, very wrong.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGewIC2oI/AAAAAAAABZU/RbX5wLxCk14/s1600/Arizona+4.jpg" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGewIC2oI/AAAAAAAABZU/RbX5wLxCk14/s320/Arizona+4.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, the scenery was beautiful, so long as we were sitting in a moving car, on a good road. But things deteriorated quickly after our tires left the pavement and we continued on a gravel surface.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGire5OqI/AAAAAAAABZY/4g9h4jyYo9s/s1600/Arizona+5.jpg" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGire5OqI/AAAAAAAABZY/4g9h4jyYo9s/s320/Arizona+5.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">With my military training, I should have known better and turned back the way we had come. We didn’t do that and soon I was stopping the car in order to jump out to remove jagged rocks from our path so our car didn’t bottom out and cause damage.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGl09nncI/AAAAAAAABZc/8CqrSHqeQLk/s1600/Arizona+6.jpg" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGl09nncI/AAAAAAAABZc/8CqrSHqeQLk/s1600/Arizona+6.jpg" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">We reached a place called Seven Mile Wash. It looked like I could just drive across the dry sand, and continue where the road started up again on the other side. Immediately our tires became mired in what I can only describe as a powdery dust that resembled talcum powder. It took hours to jack the car up, dig out the tires, place logs under them, and inch the car forward, only to repeat the process over and over again.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Eventually, as I drove over a rise, with the sun in my eyes, the car started down the next hill and we hit a patch of those jagged rocks, tearing a hole in the transmission pan. As the fluid gushed out, gears began to slip until the car couldn’t travel any further. Our car was disabled and we were hopelessly lost.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGow745ZI/AAAAAAAABZg/79gjvfIrWx4/s1600/Arizona+7.jpg" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGow745ZI/AAAAAAAABZg/79gjvfIrWx4/s320/Arizona+7.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">As my dad stood next to it, I wrote down the numbers on a marker so we could try and explain to someone where our car was, after we hiked out of that wilderness. Well, that didn’t go as planned either. After several hours of hiking, we found that we’d gone in a full circle, in the dark, and wound up right back at our car. At about 2 AM, we were at 5000 feet of elevation, it was freezing out, so we spent the night sleeping in the car.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGr1d8ftI/AAAAAAAABZk/SfE8t6GFqZc/s1600/Arizona+8.jpg" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGr1d8ftI/AAAAAAAABZk/SfE8t6GFqZc/s320/Arizona+8.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">At daylight, we decided to try hiking out again. It wasn’t long until we discovered what a hostile environment we were stranded in. We walked for most of that day, lost touch with each other a couple of times, and my father fell and split his head open. Both of us became pretty discouraged. We were hungry, thirsty, and very lost. That’s when I hiked to the top of a rugged hill, to try and find out where we should go. As I sat on the ground, beneath a small tree, a sparrow landed on a branch just above my head. He began singing his lungs out as if to remind me that if God’s eye is on the sparrow surely he knows where I am and what I need. In the distance I could see the reflection of a car on a straight road. It was miles away, but there was no mistake that help was in that direction. So on and on we trudged through gullies, across ice-covered streams, through brush and rocks.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGuH2LupI/AAAAAAAABZo/1sl1xey-BQs/s1600/Arizona+9.jpg" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGuH2LupI/AAAAAAAABZo/1sl1xey-BQs/s1600/Arizona+9.jpg" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">It was almost cruel when we reached the area of the road because, from where we stood, it was a climb nearly straight up and our strength was gone. Somehow, with super-human strength, we made it to the top.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGxliNx2I/AAAAAAAABZs/E5n8jnWyzLc/s1600/Arizona+10.jpg" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWGxliNx2I/AAAAAAAABZs/E5n8jnWyzLc/s1600/Arizona+10.jpg" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">I took a roll of camera tape out of my jacket pocket and quickly made a sign that said, “Help!” The first car that saw it stopped and took us to the nearest town where we arranged to retrieve the car in the morning, and then slept for what felt like days.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWKOQNrj2I/AAAAAAAABZ4/W8YcSDyky-k/s1600/Arizona+13.jpg" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWKOQNrj2I/AAAAAAAABZ4/W8YcSDyky-k/s1600/Arizona+13.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Because I had written down the marker number, our tow truck driver knew exactly where our car was located. We piled in with him and drove off.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWK_uOqcXI/AAAAAAAABZ8/Y4JwtPKfpSQ/s1600/Arizona+11.jpg" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWK_uOqcXI/AAAAAAAABZ8/Y4JwtPKfpSQ/s1600/Arizona+11.jpg" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Our car was hooked up and taken into town where repairs were made. Finally we were on our way home after one of the greatest survival adventures of my life.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="border: medium; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWG3sJPBhI/AAAAAAAABZ0/n06yqhiAO2o/s1600/Arizona+12.jpg" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/TOWG3sJPBhI/AAAAAAAABZ0/n06yqhiAO2o/s320/Arizona+12.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">But before we left the area, we decided to drivew back to the place where we were rescued and take one last look.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Humm. Maybe I’ll have to write a book about that some day.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Find my books on Amazon at</b> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-kerning: none; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson&ref=nb_sb_noss_1">https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson&ref=nb_sb_noss_1</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-kerning: none; font-size: 11px;"> </span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-15128949000289385772024-01-08T13:45:00.001-06:002024-01-08T13:45:13.553-06:00Middle Grade Basketball Thriller<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5NOnpj_BBZlCqepHJ7T5LrQ-FpoWTR0vuoZgdaPikJIkND-efg-EFydsVr1agvrREK0939_qcEHWF02u2b51RRrJVXiyWwJHLYs2D26dC2bhkX8y6NEDH6mn9uFV0_tRI7PqIRGJaxhyXiNKebGtJuvcAmL_CDNAxOX4q6qjUOmHsfcEclBs/s752/COVER%20At%20the%20Buzzer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5NOnpj_BBZlCqepHJ7T5LrQ-FpoWTR0vuoZgdaPikJIkND-efg-EFydsVr1agvrREK0939_qcEHWF02u2b51RRrJVXiyWwJHLYs2D26dC2bhkX8y6NEDH6mn9uFV0_tRI7PqIRGJaxhyXiNKebGtJuvcAmL_CDNAxOX4q6qjUOmHsfcEclBs/w266-h400/COVER%20At%20the%20Buzzer.jpg" width="266" /></a><b style="color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline;"> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Review - Sandra K. Stiles - Teacher</span></b></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the fifth book in the Sam Cooper Adventure series. Sam Cooper and his friends are awaiting the beginning of the basketball season. Sam keeps having the same dream. They are on the basketball court. It comes down to him making the winning three point shot. The crowd screams. In reality the star of the team is his best friend Perry. Perry is the tallest person on their team. He plays center and Sam plays point guard. Sam has been working on making three point shots from anywhere on the court. Sam has a bigger concern. Perry knows he is good. He believes he is so good that he shouldn't have to worry about homework. He is sure that with his talent, if he fails a class they will let him play anyway. He sees no use for education. He knows he is going to be a star and make millions. He doesn't need to learn anything else. Unfortunately his father feels the same way. But what happens when a freak accident takes him out of the game?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">I could relate to this book so much. I taught at a school where the international students were semi-pro sports players. There were so many of them that were like Perry. This book is important for kids everywhere to read to see what decisions Perry makes. I absolutely love all of Max Anderson's books. They are full of important yet gentle lessons. This book isn't just for boys, girls will enjoy it as well. After all many girls today play sports and are just as passionate.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon <a href="https://lnkd.in/gBs7e7Ei">https://lnkd.in/gBs7e7Ei</a> </span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-26091400951316126342023-12-06T11:07:00.001-06:002023-12-06T11:07:44.935-06:00Readers respond to these adventures & mysteries by Max Elliot Anderson<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWb6sTaCh-vNpgfl9uO5_LTbDxNRwiJVcQ86O7__eBCN0uRbkQu4588hY-QITXWV37__eDdOpUQd2XajScw5XhZb5Y17m1I5pxLunPVu6wwciS7phikEB_QEGWstT6N_zsI48pQ3p201Ufi6qlqdMscf1bk_Fmwy5MMkeSeTPrW3hEmgFW9uuq/s4032/A4C8F7EB-6C48-41E3-A42F-A7A351B80D9E.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWb6sTaCh-vNpgfl9uO5_LTbDxNRwiJVcQ86O7__eBCN0uRbkQu4588hY-QITXWV37__eDdOpUQd2XajScw5XhZb5Y17m1I5pxLunPVu6wwciS7phikEB_QEGWstT6N_zsI48pQ3p201Ufi6qlqdMscf1bk_Fmwy5MMkeSeTPrW3hEmgFW9uuq/w480-h640/A4C8F7EB-6C48-41E3-A42F-A7A351B80D9E.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“I’m not sure I’ve ever seen my son so riveted by a book until now!</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“…written in the manner of a good Hardy Boys-style mystery.”</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“One of the best series since Tom Swift.”</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“I was hooked from page one to the end.”</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“This is Tom Sawyer-Huck Finn if they lived in modern America today.”</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“These books transported me back to my childhood of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.”</span><span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Find on Amazon at</u>: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson+books&crid=2GV82OFQZCNZ2&sprefix=max+elliot,aps,135&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_10">https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson+books&crid=2GV82OFQZCNZ2&sprefix=max+elliot,aps,135&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_10</a> </span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-59242482136858235322023-11-10T10:05:00.000-06:002023-11-10T10:05:22.079-06:00On This Veterans Day<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sESJ9-dOVm-dkQxaLfgp4Zgzv-eSxVcLyPwU9hbEt-f3Has9GOr94w_txdjS7aOnNbu2Kn4FmJS4Z2PKBYueUIlYjllFvGBqtSIOp2vsivRdgTHpWUjjuUHgSjbYHAl-qc-Q-wtOc3V_6YrFEfZDhV05bH1NKJkeB1sOoo3OwsH-3ved1Khp5sAD8uUR/s4032/4A7F4EDB-40D5-4BEF-AA2A-44568D8FA238.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sESJ9-dOVm-dkQxaLfgp4Zgzv-eSxVcLyPwU9hbEt-f3Has9GOr94w_txdjS7aOnNbu2Kn4FmJS4Z2PKBYueUIlYjllFvGBqtSIOp2vsivRdgTHpWUjjuUHgSjbYHAl-qc-Q-wtOc3V_6YrFEfZDhV05bH1NKJkeB1sOoo3OwsH-3ved1Khp5sAD8uUR/w640-h480/4A7F4EDB-40D5-4BEF-AA2A-44568D8FA238.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">In 1967, I was drafted into the US Army. This was interesting since I had been rejected for military service, not long before that, because at 6 feet 4 inches tall, I didn’t weigh enough to join. That never mattered to my local draft board. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Most of my time was spent with an armor battalion in the Mannheim, Germany area. Since I already had a brother in Vietnam, a second family member wouldn’t automatically be sent there. In any case, it was an honor to serve this great country over those two years. I have the deepest respect for anyone who was called upon serve in combat. So make sure to let those veterans in your family, or circle of friends, know how much you appreciate their service on your behalf and on behalf of this great nation.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SdRKddIW8FiLlxODXTrYx3GSUzGbhuixArvo0SKQ7pIZeUR2MZaHL0Ab3CzER7WSQ3kkocRN_mYkIjGRQy__snRZ3h70lWxXvyx5kdSsVq0fGxJmM3U4zAN-_tnQIoTumKPC1EXnjXA3uQTXoumZVJH7t4rShuG6y3WgfVpW3tc8EIKDW1FYT-yPp7e9/s400/Army%20tank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="400" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SdRKddIW8FiLlxODXTrYx3GSUzGbhuixArvo0SKQ7pIZeUR2MZaHL0Ab3CzER7WSQ3kkocRN_mYkIjGRQy__snRZ3h70lWxXvyx5kdSsVq0fGxJmM3U4zAN-_tnQIoTumKPC1EXnjXA3uQTXoumZVJH7t4rShuG6y3WgfVpW3tc8EIKDW1FYT-yPp7e9/w640-h478/Army%20tank.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-50198953074798768682023-09-18T14:02:00.001-05:002023-09-18T14:02:20.632-05:00Limited Edition African Wildlife Art - Signed and Numbered<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Note! Folds across images are from a scan of a printed brochure.</span></strong></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> By Artist Philip Lasz</span><br /></p><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-color: currentcolor; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-style: none; border-top: medium none; border-width: medium;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-color: currentcolor; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-style: none; border-top: medium none; border-width: medium;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/SylZsvrgEkI/AAAAAAAAA1k/b9SXvdtP0qY/s1600-h/Lasz+Phil%27s++B+%26+W+picture.jpg" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/SylZsvrgEkI/AAAAAAAAA1k/b9SXvdtP0qY/s320/Lasz+Phil's++B+%26+W+picture.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">It was my distinct honor to know and work with Philip Lasz for several years. Phil was a missionary in Kenya, with an immense talent for capturing African animals on canvas. <span style="color: blue;">Sadly, he lost his battle with cancer</span>, but his love for the animals that God created, lives on in his work. </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-color: currentcolor; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-style: none; border-top: medium none; border-width: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-color: currentcolor; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-style: none; border-top: medium none; border-width: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Peace Before the Storm</strong> (From edition of 1000 - Signed & Numbered in person by the artist.) </span></div><p> <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/Syk7HIoax6I/AAAAAAAAA08/76hzhcO9Kgg/s1600-h/Lasz+Zebra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/Syk7HIoax6I/AAAAAAAAA08/76hzhcO9Kgg/s320/Lasz+Zebra.jpg" /></a>(34" × 21")</div><p><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Elephant Herd on the Move</strong> (From edition of 1000 - Signed & Numbered in person by the artist.) </span><br /> <br /> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/Syk7bH-e6xI/AAAAAAAAA1E/0GTJaLsLMoo/s1600-h/Lasz+Elephant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/Syk7bH-e6xI/AAAAAAAAA1E/0GTJaLsLMoo/s320/Lasz+Elephant.jpg" /></a>(34" × 21")</div><p> <br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>His Majesty</strong> (From edition of 1000 - Signed & Numbered in person by the artist.) <br /> </span><br /> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/Syk7knTa8eI/AAAAAAAAA1M/ZyWdh6BYAeI/s1600-h/Lasz+Loin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/Syk7knTa8eI/AAAAAAAAA1M/ZyWdh6BYAeI/s320/Lasz+Loin.jpg" /></a>(34" × 21")</div><p> <br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Greater Kudu</strong> (From edition of 1000 - Signed & Numbered in person by the artist.) </span><br /> <br /> <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/Syk7t5qhO6I/AAAAAAAAA1U/mYv30_GjWfA/s1600-h/Lasz+Kudu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/Syk7t5qhO6I/AAAAAAAAA1U/mYv30_GjWfA/s320/Lasz+Kudu.jpg" /></a>(34" × 21")</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Signed & Numbered by the artist.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/Syk9M9dsHzI/AAAAAAAAA1c/k2NSzV03S7g/s1600-h/Lasz+signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7oIO98V3d4Y/Syk9M9dsHzI/AAAAAAAAA1c/k2NSzV03S7g/s320/Lasz+signature.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I still have a small supply of his beautiful, Limited Edition, <span style="color: blue;">signed and numbered</span> lithographs are available for $199.95 each. These large (34" × 21") impressive works of art are perfect for the living room, den, or office. <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">We'll pay shipping/handling.</span></strong> <br /> <br />Send your check to: <br /> <br />Max Anderson<br />P.O. Box 4126<br />Rockford, IL 61110</span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-72549970049337988452023-08-17T14:27:00.003-05:002023-08-17T14:27:58.774-05:00What has happened to kids’ imaginations?<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: xx-large;">What has happened to kids’ imaginations? Reading sparks #imagination in children. Watch “Imagine” for more information. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOAa_eu30Xc" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-kerning: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOAa_eu30Xc</span></a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: xx-large;"> </span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-48025087538773955982023-08-11T16:15:00.001-05:002023-08-11T16:30:17.048-05:00MOMS WITH A STRUGGLING-RELUCTANT READER. <p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">MOMS WITH A STRUGGLING-RELUCTANT READER. What if you could find a book your child wanted to read? I grew up as a reluctant reader. Try one of my adventure-mysteries and see what happens at your house. Young readers say it’s like being in an exciting movie! <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(28, 134, 236); color: #1c86ec; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://t.co/zP6YE3BUEU">https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com</a></span></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson+books&crid=2CRST3R949XI&sprefix=max+elliot+anderson%2Caps%2C104&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_19">https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson+books&crid=2CRST3R949XI&sprefix=max+elliot+anderson%2Caps%2C104&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_19</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> </span></span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-1924432062993946912023-07-25T18:47:00.001-05:002023-07-25T18:47:07.543-05:00Middle grade adventure/mystery - Troubles At Timber Ski Lodge is now published!<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Middle grade adventure/mystery - Troubles At Timber Ski Lodge is now published!</b></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoVVHo2A9nLwv3FyqCKwJiADmv5zQ2-a7MJ21JQou2vLXhqVYfs9HCvUX4r790ZS7MA0Wg2qdMgOdHixEHAjTyuVNkDrNAUNoj78lEnIX-PzBNOTlPKdHpe2lsbluNSwZox924nUc2bYhMz6482V_tt_t-FgUF9uUUBaqXgXO3qzGl2i--udu/s681/COVER%20Troubles%20at%20Timber%20Ski%20Lodge%20final.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoVVHo2A9nLwv3FyqCKwJiADmv5zQ2-a7MJ21JQou2vLXhqVYfs9HCvUX4r790ZS7MA0Wg2qdMgOdHixEHAjTyuVNkDrNAUNoj78lEnIX-PzBNOTlPKdHpe2lsbluNSwZox924nUc2bYhMz6482V_tt_t-FgUF9uUUBaqXgXO3qzGl2i--udu/w428-h640/COVER%20Troubles%20at%20Timber%20Ski%20Lodge%20final.jpeg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sibling rivalry and a neighborhood bully are only two of the troubles Eric faced. Eric Baxter is twelve-years-old. His little brother, Shawn, drives him crazy with every opportunity. The Baxter family moved to the lodge two years ago because Eric’s grandfather could no longer keep up with the place.<br />
Unfortunately, it hadn’t snowed enough in those two years for the lodge to turn a profit, and there had never been extra money so the Baxters could buy the snow-making equipment that would have made all the difference.<br />
It didn’t help matters to have Thunder Mountain Ski Lodge right next door. Vince Turner’s father owned the place, and the Turners were filthy rich. Vince reminded Eric of that fact almost every day.<br />
One afternoon, the village authorities learned that a gold shipment had been robbed. The reports said that a small airplane had been stolen around the same time. It’s expected that the crooks might try to fly the stolen gold across the mountains.<br />
What happens when the boys hear the drone of a small plane just as a fierce storm is moving in? And, will Eric be able to save Timber Ski Lodge before it’s too late?<br />
An avalanche, sibling rivalry, and being chased by gold thieves only add to Eric’s troubles.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Order from Amazon: </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Troubles-at-Timber-Ski-Lodge/dp/1649499809/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CPTVUIIV5560&keywords=troubles+at+timber+ski+lodge%2C+anderson&qid=1690327591&sprefix=troubles+at+timber+ski+lodge%2C+anderson%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1"><span style="font-kerning: none;">https://www.amazon.com/Troubles-at-Timber-Ski-Lodge/dp/1649499809/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CPTVUIIV5560&keywords=troubles+at+timber+ski+lodge%2C+anderson&qid=1690327591&sprefix=troubles+at+timber+ski+lodge%2C+anderson%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1</span></a> </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(28, 134, 236); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1c86ec; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>My Middle Grade Readers Blog:</b> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(28, 134, 236); color: #1c86ec; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://t.co/zP6YE3BUEU">https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com</a></span></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(28, 134, 236); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #1c86ec; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoVVHo2A9nLwv3FyqCKwJiADmv5zQ2-a7MJ21JQou2vLXhqVYfs9HCvUX4r790ZS7MA0Wg2qdMgOdHixEHAjTyuVNkDrNAUNoj78lEnIX-PzBNOTlPKdHpe2lsbluNSwZox924nUc2bYhMz6482V_tt_t-FgUF9uUUBaqXgXO3qzGl2i--udu/s681/COVER%20Troubles%20at%20Timber%20Ski%20Lodge%20final.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPoVVHo2A9nLwv3FyqCKwJiADmv5zQ2-a7MJ21JQou2vLXhqVYfs9HCvUX4r790ZS7MA0Wg2qdMgOdHixEHAjTyuVNkDrNAUNoj78lEnIX-PzBNOTlPKdHpe2lsbluNSwZox924nUc2bYhMz6482V_tt_t-FgUF9uUUBaqXgXO3qzGl2i--udu/w428-h640/COVER%20Troubles%20at%20Timber%20Ski%20Lodge%20final.jpeg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-10119983739343874932023-07-25T16:39:00.001-05:002023-07-25T16:39:36.457-05:00Born in 1946, I grew up with #ADHD but nobody knew what it was back then.<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Born in 1946, I grew up with #ADHD but nobody knew what it was back then. So I suffered through school and hated every minute of it. I followed a life of film and video production and, in recent years, have written the kinds of adventures and mysteries I would have enjoyed as a kid. Back then, I also hated to read. <span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com">https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com</a></span></span></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0Qnp6n-6pAmfC62IhnbE172U64NKcxM0_Xw5fk0Ad35UG5eDu3S5DRyE19Y3We5Pydho56vJvAyqNN_MyVwcBEbbr58JbENNoVtmM_Be-I3U-FB1edXp4uZ4ZgCJNBHqCRhf3f2HINBYLyItojXI1SeMD5sm_nWedsttLhNm3xpbG2cSsL8z/s2934/fullsizeoutput_cd3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2934" data-original-width="2905" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0Qnp6n-6pAmfC62IhnbE172U64NKcxM0_Xw5fk0Ad35UG5eDu3S5DRyE19Y3We5Pydho56vJvAyqNN_MyVwcBEbbr58JbENNoVtmM_Be-I3U-FB1edXp4uZ4ZgCJNBHqCRhf3f2HINBYLyItojXI1SeMD5sm_nWedsttLhNm3xpbG2cSsL8z/w634-h640/fullsizeoutput_cd3.jpeg" width="634" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-78911498598384634382023-07-17T19:07:00.000-05:002023-07-17T19:07:17.549-05:00It's time to get kids reading again!<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">“According to the asseassment, the average reading scores for 13-year-olds declined by four points and nine points in mathematics compared to NAEP's previous assessment during the 2019-2020 school year.”</span></i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">“Only 14% of students reported reading for fun almost daily, a decrease of 3% lower than in 2020 and 13% lower than in 2012. The year 2023 recorded the lowest percentage of students who reported that they read for fun almost every day than all previous assessment years. In 1984, 35% of students reported reading for fun almost daily.” </span></i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s time to get our kids reading again. Kids report reading one of these books is like “being” in an exciting movie. So turn off those electronic devices and find them a good book that will hold their attention and interest.Here’s a great place to start: <a href="https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-kerning: none;">https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/</span></a> </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6A3_iLUR_BPQkAp0mQLMp7qUXY2duLiGByue7_DKVeRy_GuUx8aEYURdiXJoMfv9dAW7UbdtGR_QJYEG7_U7-vjrMeoTJ9_IS211BgYzKk-Y206jttCLophI3uOLqqsnJ71_p73vp5j0chy_GlMTgpdDN-MVB4lMCpSB2YJfrVZIT_H80HNPC/s4032/DA94AFD9-9E43-4163-92B8-3E0527E6C7E6_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6A3_iLUR_BPQkAp0mQLMp7qUXY2duLiGByue7_DKVeRy_GuUx8aEYURdiXJoMfv9dAW7UbdtGR_QJYEG7_U7-vjrMeoTJ9_IS211BgYzKk-Y206jttCLophI3uOLqqsnJ71_p73vp5j0chy_GlMTgpdDN-MVB4lMCpSB2YJfrVZIT_H80HNPC/w480-h640/DA94AFD9-9E43-4163-92B8-3E0527E6C7E6_1_201_a.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-15956525827412649832023-07-14T19:14:00.003-05:002023-07-14T19:14:42.507-05:00Troubles At Timber Ski Lodge soon to be republished. <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5WOcM3XhGugvAEVXpbdp6T-6t6mDu-PRPl2hxxc3yUOcDHxAr3FALDsu3j--RuagsRScPLAaw-gkRSCvGxeTbdjzYo6JF-NPe6rce1ag7AA4aHbc0ZF7FmDKt_Xm5SNSDDiLyTHjrHK7O6PL0Z1y2w5Ii491W4ZYXnO_cdOKdfOrGpEuQkl14mcLdpXM/s676/COVER%20Troubles%20at%20Timber%20Ski%20COVER%20Troubles%20at%20Timber%20Ski%20COVER%20Troubles%20at%20Timber%20Ski.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ5WOcM3XhGugvAEVXpbdp6T-6t6mDu-PRPl2hxxc3yUOcDHxAr3FALDsu3j--RuagsRScPLAaw-gkRSCvGxeTbdjzYo6JF-NPe6rce1ag7AA4aHbc0ZF7FmDKt_Xm5SNSDDiLyTHjrHK7O6PL0Z1y2w5Ii491W4ZYXnO_cdOKdfOrGpEuQkl14mcLdpXM/w428-h640/COVER%20Troubles%20at%20Timber%20Ski%20COVER%20Troubles%20at%20Timber%20Ski%20COVER%20Troubles%20at%20Timber%20Ski.jpeg" width="428" /></a> </div><p></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(13, 14, 14); background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(13, 14, 14); background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Troubles At Timber Ski Lodge soon to be republished. </span></b></span></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(13, 14, 14); background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sibling rivalry and a neighborhood bully are only two of the troubles Eric faced. Eric Baxter is twelve-years-old. His little brother, Shawn, drives him crazy with every opportunity. The Baxter family moved to the lodge two years ago because Eric’s grandfather could no longer keep up with the place. Unfortunately, it hadn’t snowed enough in those two years for the lodge to turn a profit, and there had never been extra money so the Baxters could buy the snow-making equipment that would have made all the difference. It didn’t help matters to have Thunder Mountain Ski Lodge right next door. Vince Turner’s father owned the place, and the Turners were filthy rich. Vince reminded Eric of that fact almost every day. One afternoon, the village authorities learned that a gold shipment had been robbed. The reports said that a small airplane had been stolen around the same time. It’s expected that the crooks might try to fly the stolen gold across the mountains. What happens when the boys hear the drone of a small plane just as a fierce storm is moving in? And, will Eric be able to save Timber Ski Lodge before it’s too late? An avalanche, sibling rivalry, and being chased by gold thieves only add to Eric’s troubles.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(13, 14, 14); background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Information about more books for readers 8 - 13 at: <a href="https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-kerning: none;">https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/</span></a> </span></span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-36614452082284110412023-06-14T16:58:00.000-05:002023-06-14T16:58:03.532-05:00Rat Rods<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">A few of the Rat Rods I used to make, back in high school, out of leftover parts from some of my model car kits <a href="https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/">https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/</a></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(22, 26, 30); color: #161a1e; font-kerning: none;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sam Cooper, Tyler and Tony have already been stranded on an island and helped Captain Jack restore his boat. Of course boys never have enough adventure, so they were excited to be invited by Tony and his uncle to go on a river rafting trip. Even though safety precautions were taken, the rapids have their own dangers. After their raft is separated from the group, they manage to make land on a small beach. Sam and his friends decide to hike inland to try to find a way back to civilization. The three boys run into a gold prospector and a biker gang with claim jumping in mind. It’s going to take team work and ingenuity to survive.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(13, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(13, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The Sam Cooper Adventures by Max Elliot Anderson take me back to my childhood of reading Hardy Boys mysteries. Even as an adult I find it hard to put these books down. If you know an 8-12 year old looking for an exciting read, you’ve got to get them this series - </span><span style="color: black; font-kerning: none;">Jenny Rose</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(13, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(13, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/">https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/</a></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(22, 26, 30); color: #161a1e; font-kerning: none;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(13, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #0d0e0e; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; 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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The birds decided to add their little touch to the arrangement by our front door this season. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.amazon.com/At-Buzzer-Adventure-Episode-Adventures/dp/1944430385/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SKZ15MHHHRGC&keywords=at%20the%20buzzer%2C%20anderson&qid=1646516244&sprefix=at%20the%20buzzer%2C%20anderson%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/At.../dp/1944430385/ref=sr_1_1...</a></span></span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-62840989128281848492023-03-10T14:16:00.003-06:002023-03-10T14:16:45.224-06:00March is National Reading Month<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">March is National Reading Month, a great time to reach out to struggling, reluctant readers with exciting adventures and mysteries sure to get them reading. Find yours here: https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/ </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJTNNNsCYd77TGr8aSS_xeG0sx-l-pRrPFqAH0XJCGNrduZtpMAsVI2MNQEG_WyHhbE7TLWuoO4VQVcMoGl64Y_gyhv8Pn--ObnlR8MpGX3Y65OixwKeQpae8hXGJBijJgIy14VAFi-tdNT1MLC-5PZFxMSaRgSEM8Q4nv7JOweQ9MCmt7w/s4032/DA94AFD9-9E43-4163-92B8-3E0527E6C7E6_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJTNNNsCYd77TGr8aSS_xeG0sx-l-pRrPFqAH0XJCGNrduZtpMAsVI2MNQEG_WyHhbE7TLWuoO4VQVcMoGl64Y_gyhv8Pn--ObnlR8MpGX3Y65OixwKeQpae8hXGJBijJgIy14VAFi-tdNT1MLC-5PZFxMSaRgSEM8Q4nv7JOweQ9MCmt7w/w480-h640/DA94AFD9-9E43-4163-92B8-3E0527E6C7E6_1_201_a.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-13310625455251344452022-02-16T16:06:00.003-06:002022-02-16T16:06:28.442-06:00Exciting adventures and mysteries great for summer reading<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Exciting adventures and mysteries, with cliffhanger chapter endings, that’ll keep middle grade readers coming back for more. Great for summer reading. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFveH-e1k_pa1jqOn8z1iG5m-KpYCcOqfti-vaeRo8Dtxfuw6InOgcX14E7jV3O0QDKIvSWnyqti56PnAFRVh-fp7YC51DMWsMkzMfklivNkboUM8DiMH0QAj-2OprusreybIk0jWW2AJKoxYZ4jSCzAYS4t1zvubJXnTVea4h8t3LPhq36A=s2934" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2934" data-original-width="2905" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFveH-e1k_pa1jqOn8z1iG5m-KpYCcOqfti-vaeRo8Dtxfuw6InOgcX14E7jV3O0QDKIvSWnyqti56PnAFRVh-fp7YC51DMWsMkzMfklivNkboUM8DiMH0QAj-2OprusreybIk0jWW2AJKoxYZ4jSCzAYS4t1zvubJXnTVea4h8t3LPhq36A=w634-h640" width="634" /></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson&crid=210FTZKVVK58E&sprefix=max+elliot+anderson%2Caps%2C75&ref=nb_sb_noss_1">https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson&crid=210FTZKVVK58E&sprefix=max+elliot+anderson%2Caps%2C75&ref=nb_sb_noss_1</a></span> </span></span></p><div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-76039673049203677522022-01-01T07:43:00.001-06:002022-01-01T07:45:49.273-06:00Looking for good, clean adventures or mysteries for a young reader?<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Looking for good, clean adventures or mysteries for a young reader in your life? Let 2022 be the year you introduced them to books that kids say are like “being in” an exciting movie. </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson&crid=3NWDTJY9KM3RP&sprefix=max+elliot+anderson%2Caps%2C78&ref=nb_sb_noss_1" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson&crid=3NWDTJY9KM3RP&sprefix=max+elliot+anderson%2Caps%2C78&ref=nb_sb_noss_1</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_ZwAvZzpr2GUBAMx6witgVoL3bx-JM4Ujp1rqu0xmg9zMklj-PrDrYCsPE96_5nr-2g-rywg51sWhndCnzXgU7qqpb8xkXVjstRsZ3qoSG3uqWXkF4jhEUFIMcG3BnvzDIuwk-wbYOfJDbHT4DHk59jmpaGFEaldEFKh-PREmloTO12qMjw=s3242" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3242" data-original-width="2934" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_ZwAvZzpr2GUBAMx6witgVoL3bx-JM4Ujp1rqu0xmg9zMklj-PrDrYCsPE96_5nr-2g-rywg51sWhndCnzXgU7qqpb8xkXVjstRsZ3qoSG3uqWXkF4jhEUFIMcG3BnvzDIuwk-wbYOfJDbHT4DHk59jmpaGFEaldEFKh-PREmloTO12qMjw=w580-h640" width="580" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-2773107614253281002021-12-19T16:50:00.001-06:002021-12-19T16:52:17.635-06:00Noah's Ark, Fact Or Fiction?<span style="font-size: x-large;">Noah’s Ark, fact or fiction? This Ken Anderson Film - though several years old now - contains helpful information. Enjoy “Noah’s Ark And The Genesis Flood.” </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-wMEA5ZPgA" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-wMEA5ZPgA</a><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_lus3yA6HHR-vFEKjIPV_NgtOUyGBeDnqVYQe47xZiM77yt9VxEY_-hSftXynfDFEIpMTXf9lBs9XAslpP1b148RVu9We6WTx6Z1ezwl5f5ZJvdTsQAC2VAQVlVM7Np9uwkyeIf034bkSW5ZnQlSjJ3a8yD8yIiXEmTd79RDLqsvbstffmA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_lus3yA6HHR-vFEKjIPV_NgtOUyGBeDnqVYQe47xZiM77yt9VxEY_-hSftXynfDFEIpMTXf9lBs9XAslpP1b148RVu9We6WTx6Z1ezwl5f5ZJvdTsQAC2VAQVlVM7Np9uwkyeIf034bkSW5ZnQlSjJ3a8yD8yIiXEmTd79RDLqsvbstffmA=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-59875945726104390572021-08-19T18:01:00.002-05:002021-08-19T18:01:51.633-05:00A Boy - A Dog - A Circus...What could go wrong? Barney And The Runaway<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>Barney and the Runaway has been re-released. </b></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Barney and the Runaway</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Author</b>: Max Elliot Anderson</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Audience</b>: 8 – 12; especially boys</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Words</b>: 25000</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uywJ9nOhR48/YR5mm0VNVII/AAAAAAAAPaM/DRdz0TIpWGAOPKyGr0vimZrpvFzUSA5egCLcBGAsYHQ/s2700/CMYK300BarneyRunaway.jpg" style="color: #771100; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1725" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uywJ9nOhR48/YR5mm0VNVII/AAAAAAAAPaM/DRdz0TIpWGAOPKyGr0vimZrpvFzUSA5egCLcBGAsYHQ/w408-h640/CMYK300BarneyRunaway.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="408" /></a></div><p><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px;"></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Synopsis_________________________________</b></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Barney and the Runaway tells the story of Michael Ellis, who has recently told his parents to start calling him Mike from now on. He especially hated the way they were always telling him what to do. Mike decides to teach his parents a lesson by pretending to run away for a day with his dog Barney. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The plan gets a bit more complicated than planned when Mike and Barney hide in a railroad boxcar, fall asleep, and end up in Georgia with a circus in the middle of the night. Fortunately for the runaways, Big Bob the Clown takes Mike and Barney to safety in his wagon. Mike decides that living and performing with the circus might be a good idea until Big Bob opens Mike’s eyes to his unfortunate past. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mike’s encounter with this grown up runaway, in the circus, helps him to understand that his parents truly love him. Then Mike and Barney save the circus. Through it all, Mike learns the importance of family.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Parents often punish their children, but only because they love and want what is best for them, not because they don’t care. Even though the life of a circus performer with a circus family may appear fun, if given a choice, most would agree that living in a warm home with loving, caring parents is the preferred choice. As the saying goes, “You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” After Mike overhears some unsettling news and both he and Barney are involved in a scary and dangerous crime, Mike learns his lesson before it’s too late.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Amazon: </u></b> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Barney-Runaway-Max-Elliot-Anderson/dp/1649493517/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=barney+and+the+runaway&qid=1629382437&sr=8-1" style="color: #771100; text-decoration: none;">https://www.amazon.com/Barney-Runaway-Max-Elliot-Anderson/dp/1649493517/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=barney+and+the+runaway&qid=1629382437&sr=8-1</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-87881254013042679262021-08-19T17:58:00.000-05:002021-08-19T17:58:18.070-05:00Dedicated To The Memory of 9/11, And The People Who Lost Their Lives That Day, So We Never Forget.<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/2021/08/dedicated-to-memory-of-911-and-people.html" style="color: #771100; text-decoration: none;">Dedicated To The Memory of 9/11, And The People Who Lost Their Lives That Day, So We Never Forget.</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-9004861117189717630" itemprop="description articleBody" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.850000381469727px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 578px;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is upon us. And with it comes mounting chaos. This book will help give perspective to young readers, helping them understand the things that really matter in life.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wquZdCwsV6Q/WoeQiamAMjI/AAAAAAAAEWU/fhA1AapBEKU7L7m0yt1qeNyEr5HzfNbvgCPcBGAYYCw/s623/TBCN%2Bcover%2BWhen%2Bthe%2BLights%2BGo%2BOut.jpeg" style="color: #771100; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wquZdCwsV6Q/WoeQiamAMjI/AAAAAAAAEWU/fhA1AapBEKU7L7m0yt1qeNyEr5HzfNbvgCPcBGAYYCw/w410-h640/TBCN%2Bcover%2BWhen%2Bthe%2BLights%2BGo%2BOut.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="410" /></a></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><b>Synopsis_________________________________</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><b>When the Lights go Out</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><b>Author</b>: Max Elliot Anderson</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><b>Audience</b>: 8 – 12; especially boys</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><b>Words</b>: About 36,500 </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">Peyton Aldrich has just moved to a new army base with his parents and younger sister. He doesn’t understand why his father has been sent to such a rundown place in the middle of nowhere. After all, his father was a colonel, with top security clearance, who completed the elite Ranger school. And his training had been in Army Intelligence. Yet, here they were.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">Peyton was never allowed to ask his father anything about what he did in the army. Nor was he allowed to ever get in the way. There were many secrets that his dad couldn’t even tell his own family.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">Peyton idolized his father. One day, he hoped to grow up to be just like him. His father had told him that the army may not be for everyone, but after what happened on 9/11, somebody had to help keep the country safe.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">Peyton finds two friends. Gill is the son of the base’s motor pool sergeant, and Dave’s father is the base chaplain. Together they decide to train like Rangers, and search for some kind of mission they could do. Little did they know that a mission was about to put the boys right in the crosshairs of a dangerous terrorist plot, when a secret weapon would be delivered to the base on its way across the country.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">There was no way Peyton could tell his father what he knew. After all, it could cost him his job. Peyton, Gill, and Dave have to take matters into their own hands, and they do.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">Will the terrorists find out who is trying to expose their evil plan? Will the boys be able to stop them? And what will happen to Peyton’s father when the general finds out what the boys did?</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">“<i>When the Lights go Out.”</i> A story for kids, and their parents, so we never forget 9/11.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Amazon:</u></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/When-Lights-Out-Elliot-Anderson/dp/1649491980/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1B99VHQILOWKH&dchild=1&keywords=when+the+lights+go+out+book&qid=1629384862&sprefix=When+the+lights+go+out%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-6" style="color: #771100; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.amazon.com/When-Lights-Out-Elliot-Anderson/dp/1649491980/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1B99VHQILOWKH&dchild=1&keywords=when+the+lights+go+out+book&qid=1629384862&sprefix=When+the+lights+go+out%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-6</span></a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p></div>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-67432224726472704692020-10-26T10:22:00.003-05:002020-11-18T18:00:58.902-06:00The Story Of A Teacher, Students, a Classroom, with Adventure & Mystery Books For Readers 8 - 12<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Most people, who know my story, know I grew up absolutely hating to read. This in spite of the fact that my father was a prolific author. Some of his books were for kids, but I didn’t read them.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was much later in life when I realized why I hadn’t enjoyed reading as a child. That’s when I began writing the kinds of adventures and mysteries I would have enjoyed back then. Action, adventure, dialog, and humor that was </span></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">short on details and descriptions.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Being honest, it’s been a slow process finding my way into the market for my books. But what I have found is, once teachers, parents, librarians, and kids discover my books, they’re hooked to put it mildly. Let me illustrate.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dDyikDGOMA4/WXFQnhq_W5I/AAAAAAAAD8I/5lxvLWtNXkQFCMy_Yh5skByY3sCkEisQgCPcBGAYYCw/s772/Cover%2BNEW%2BLost%2BIsland%2BSmugglers%2Bjpeg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dDyikDGOMA4/WXFQnhq_W5I/AAAAAAAAD8I/5lxvLWtNXkQFCMy_Yh5skByY3sCkEisQgCPcBGAYYCw/w260-h400/Cover%2BNEW%2BLost%2BIsland%2BSmugglers%2Bjpeg.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">At the beginning of this year, our son moved out of Chicago and into one of the suburbs. This meant his 9 year-old daughter would have to be the new kid in a new school. Earlier in the summer, she had come across some of my books, on her dad’s bookshelf, and began reading them all on her own. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">When she got to school, she told her teacher that her grandfather wrote books for kids. When her teacher expressed interest, I sent seven of my books for the classroom bookshelf.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My granddaughter FaceTimed us this past week to report on what had happened. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“All the books disappeared right away,” she said, “and everyone loves them. They’ve even said they want to read every one.”</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Of course, this made my day, my week, and more. But it got me thinking how amazing it would be if more teachers across the country would give these books a try in their classrooms. Here’s another example of a teacher’s experiences with my middle grade adventures and mysteries. She writes an open letter to fellow teachers.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jfuQvRTGEVA/WWEoNZaSDYI/AAAAAAAAEME/YpzL_Ftmk-0MpPBCn1_CDeJ5qQtuTD2kgCPcBGAYYCw/s3242/fullsizeoutput_a69.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3242" data-original-width="2934" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jfuQvRTGEVA/WWEoNZaSDYI/AAAAAAAAEME/YpzL_Ftmk-0MpPBCn1_CDeJ5qQtuTD2kgCPcBGAYYCw/w363-h400/fullsizeoutput_a69.jpeg" width="363" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i>Dear Teacher,</i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i> My name is Sandra Stiles. I am a middle school Language Arts teacher in Bradenton, Florida. I have always had a passion for reading. That passion doesn’t always transfer to your own children. My daughter was a struggling reader. It took another teacher to introduce her to an author whose books she devoured. </i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i> I am here to tell you about that </i></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(251, 0, 7); color: #fb0007;"><b><i>author who has my students reading and fighting over his books. </i></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i> Max Elliot Anderson has been one of my favorite authors for several years. Not only do I love his books, but my students love them as well. I have three classes of students who have a remedial reading class, then they come to me for Language Arts. </i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i> When I did my first book pass with my students I made sure to have one of Max’s books in each pile to introduce them to his books. </i></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(251, 0, 7); color: #fb0007;"><b><i>Both boys and girls love his books.</i></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i> Almost all of his books are not only filled with adventure, but also mystery. </i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i> One of my lowest readers has made it a goal to read all of Max’s books I have on my shelves. He has read eight books so far. The really cool part is that he started talking to some of the girls in the class. Now he has them reading them, too.</i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i> Max has two major series, “The Sam Cooper” series and “The Accidental Adventures” series. Both of these have characters that all kids - boys and girls alike - will love. There are also several standalone titles.</i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(251, 0, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #fb0007; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><b><i> I can’t say enough about his books. </i></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i>I highly recommend them to classrooms everywhere.</i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i>Sandra Stiles</i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i>NBCT</i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 19px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i>ELA teacher/Dept. Chair</i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 32px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 37px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i></i></b></span><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My books are readily available on Amazon</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson&ref=nb_sb_noss_1"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://www.amazon.com/s?k=max+elliot+anderson&ref=nb_sb_noss_1</span></a></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I hope you’ll give them a try soon, and see the excitement that happens in your own classroom.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you,</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Max Elliot Anderson </span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZUgmuzY2uWc/X5MvKmr2AmI/AAAAAAAAOxQ/1VvXhUq3nOo9TiF1FxyN1MMyJT2OO-ZdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s516/Book%2BSCHOOLS%2Bvisit%2Bpix.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="350" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZUgmuzY2uWc/X5MvKmr2AmI/AAAAAAAAOxQ/1VvXhUq3nOo9TiF1FxyN1MMyJT2OO-ZdQCLcBGAsYHQ/w434-h640/Book%2BSCHOOLS%2Bvisit%2Bpix.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Speaking to students at an author school visit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1L3VcS1I--M/WSyL-VdtiEI/AAAAAAAAD44/A-g5uH84bKkky_fymbkt5M6WrtLlkV1hACPcBGAYYCw/s5616/Max_Anderson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5616" data-original-width="3744" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1L3VcS1I--M/WSyL-VdtiEI/AAAAAAAAD44/A-g5uH84bKkky_fymbkt5M6WrtLlkV1hACPcBGAYYCw/w133-h200/Max_Anderson.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">Max Elliot Anderson</div><div style="text-align: center;">Middle Grade Adventure & Mystery Author</div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com">https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com</a></span></p></div>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-80612297513667862342020-09-23T11:22:00.003-05:002020-09-23T11:22:59.656-05:00A Positive Book For Your 8 - 13 Reader Especially At Halloween<p><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here’s an exciting mystery - adventure for your young reader at Halloween, “Ghosts in the Old Attic” is written from a Christian perspective when the rest of the world focuses on the dark side of witches, ghosts, and evil.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-c6fa_3WW0/X2twWZWLBiI/AAAAAAAAOvE/RX7_kVAeblIWNfZF7HF81gvIETKzGDr1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s737/COVER%2BGhosts%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bold%2BAttic%2BA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x-c6fa_3WW0/X2twWZWLBiI/AAAAAAAAOvE/RX7_kVAeblIWNfZF7HF81gvIETKzGDr1QCLcBGAsYHQ/w434-h640/COVER%2BGhosts%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bold%2BAttic%2BA.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: xx-large;">Synopsis_________________________________</span></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ghosts in the Old Attic</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Author</b>: Max Elliot Anderson</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Audience</b>: 8 – 12; especially boys</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Words</b>: 31,000</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sam Cooper is about to get the surprise of his life. His parents plan to leave Harper’s Inlet, Florida, and move to Louisiana, where they will open a bed and breakfast.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>When the family arrives, Sam’s cousins have some pretty wild-eyed stories to tell about a “haunted” mansion nearby. He and his cousins begin exploring the creepy place. Where were those noises coming from and the strange lights at night? There is also a rumor that the reason this place is “haunted” is because there is buried pirate treasure hidden someplace. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As the cousins are investigating, Sam’s parents have been looking for an available property they can afford.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sam was in for another surprise when he found out about the rundown mansion his parents finally chose to buy. Who is trying to discourage them from moving in and why?</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Will the family be able to open the bed and breakfast before it’s too late, or will they lose all their money?</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This book is written for readers 8 - 13, especially boys. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Reviews</u></b></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #094fb2; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2GVADRXE2P2B/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1944430997"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">5.0 out of 5 stars</span></i></a></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2GVADRXE2P2B/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1944430997"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Excellent read explaining "ghosts" in a realistic setting!</b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b></b></span></span></a></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"It's okay to be a little scared. But if you wake up every morning and tell God you need Him to help you in your day...He will." What a great theme that runs through Ghosts In The Old Attic (A Sam Cooper Adventure Book 6) by Max Elliot Anderson. This is such a great book for all ages, although I would think middle school kids would related to the adventures of Sam and his cousins.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I particularly liked that the "ghosts" kept the adventure moving, while Dad helped explain that there is a dark side to life which people battle with and accept, but if you dig deep enough you'll always find that God has the real answer you are looking for.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I did jump into this series, but it is a stand alone story, fast paced with easy to like characters with a realistic setting. An excellent read!</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #e1e3e7; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">GHOSTS IN THE OLD ATTIC is the sixth book in Mr. Anderson's tween boys series, but it stands alone. I read all the books in it except two. Mr. Anderson was the author that helped my youngest son to enjoy reading and even though he writes mainly for reluctant boy readers, girls enjoy his books and my reluctant reader youngest daughter is engaged by his books.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">GHOSTS IN THE OLD ATTIC I figured there was a mystery in there somewhere and there was. I liked the ending, and didn't find the book particularly scary (though a tween might). There are a lot of ghost stories included (which definitely appeal to tween boys) and of course a possible buried treasure ... sure things that will appeal to the reluctant male tween reader on your list.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: xx-large;">Another of Max Elliot Anderson's spooky stories, again starring Sam Cooper. I'm thinking kids in their teens will love this. Shoot, I'm in my backwards teens, and I loved it!</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Poor Sam! His folks have decided to uproot him from all his friends in Harper's Inlet and drag him all the way to Louisiana. They want to open a bed and breakfast.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">As if that wasn't bad enough, they'll probably choose one of those old (aka, historic) mansions with a dozen pirate stories attached to it, along with stories of ghosts and treasure. Sam likes ghost stories in movies and books, but definitely NOT in real life!</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">His cousins live where they're moving, and Scooter and Shelley introduce him to ... yep, you guessed it ... a haunted house. Which of course they have to explore. After one hair-raising experience, you'd think they'd stay away, but no. Scooter is just all the more fascinated, and Sam doesn't want to be labeled as a scaredy-cat.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #e1e3e7; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(67, 67, 67); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sam Cooper’s parents are moving the family to Louisiana. They want to open and bed and breakfast. Until they can find the perfect house, they are staying with his cousins Scooter and Shelley. Louisiana is known for its ghosts and pirates. Sam’s cousin loves telling Sam many stories. He even takes him to what he deems a haunted house. When Sam hears strange noises and sees strange sights he can’t explain he’s ready to leave. Scooter wants to go back. As luck would have it, Sam’s parents find a house they can afford with the charm they want. Yep, you guessed it. It is the old historic mansion that Sam’s cousin believes is haunted. If it isn’t haunted, then why would someone be trying to keep them out of the house? Loved all the twists and turns in this book. The twist at the end was wonderful. I have read several of the Sam Cooper series and have several on my school shelves. I highly recommend not only these books, but all of this author’s books. It is always a pleasure to read and review them.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #e1e3e7; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(67, 67, 67); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(9, 79, 178); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #094fb2; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R33BUXE6Q2AW8Z/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1944430997"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">5.0 out of 5 stars</span></i></a></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R33BUXE6Q2AW8Z/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1944430997"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Might be my fave so far!</span></b></a></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This could be the most exciting one yet. Sam has to say goodbye to his friends in Harper’s Inlet, Florida to move to Louisiana. He gets to meet his Aunt, Uncle and cousins for the first time. His cousin Scooter is fascinated by ghost stories and Baton Rouge, Louisiana has plenty. But there are also tale of pirates—the most famous being Jean Lafitte.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">When Sam’s parents decide to buy an old mansion nearby and renovate it into a Bed and Breakfast, the building inspectors tell them they are better off bull dozing the place and starting over.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think this could be the best Sam Cooper Adventure so far. If you know a middle school boy or girl with questions about ghosts—this is the book to read.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #e1e3e7; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #094fb2; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R6AQQRRJDVAJZ/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1944430997"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Not just for kids</span></b></a></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(67, 67, 67); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #434343; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2017</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Not just for kids</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(14, 14, 14); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I really enjoyed reading the book. The writing was age appropriate, filled with humor, and had a good message. I highly recommend this book for middle school age boys. Kids who like pirate stories and ghost stories will especially enjoy the book. Also, some interesting historical elements.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Old-Attic-Cooper-Adventure/dp/1944430997/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=max+elliot+anderson&qid=1600690630&sr=8-11">https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Old-Attic-Cooper-Adventure/dp/1944430997/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=max+elliot+anderson&qid=1600690630&sr=8-11</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> </span></span></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38727967.post-69771362279220805192020-09-11T18:25:00.003-05:002020-09-11T18:25:44.412-05:00“When The Lights Go Out” so we never forget.<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The events after 9/11 helped to close down my professional video business, led to writing adventures & mysteries for readers 8 - 12, and ultimately writing “When The Lights Go Out” so we never forget.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/2019/12/i-grew-up-hating-to-readso-how-did-i.html">https://middlegradeadventureandmystery.blogspot.com/2019/12/i-grew-up-hating-to-readso-how-did-i.html</a></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KMqgQajgzbA/WZ4_1cJ7OgI/AAAAAAAAEC8/mv0NUPjBrRYlFyc4Jvx0hUG6AIbX_V2cACPcBGAYYCw/s240/When%2Bthe%2BLights%2BGo%2BOut%2B240%2Bpixels%2Bhigh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="156" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KMqgQajgzbA/WZ4_1cJ7OgI/AAAAAAAAEC8/mv0NUPjBrRYlFyc4Jvx0hUG6AIbX_V2cACPcBGAYYCw/w416-h640/When%2Bthe%2BLights%2BGo%2BOut%2B240%2Bpixels%2Bhigh.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: red;">See the book trailer </span></b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfSEkGN5q0U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfSEkGN5q0U</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></span></p><p></p>maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602676696397151703noreply@blogger.com3