If you need artwork for your next book project, just email me and I'd be happy to put you and Anna together.
Thank you,
Max
Monday, January 16, 2017
An Excellent Cover and Book Interior Artist
I'd like to introduce you to the artwork by Anna who has designed over a dozen covers for my middle grade mysteries and adventures along with a book about humor for adult readers.
If you need artwork for your next book project, just email me and I'd be happy to put you and Anna together.
Thank you,
Max
If you need artwork for your next book project, just email me and I'd be happy to put you and Anna together.
Thank you,
Max
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Summer Camp Trouble - Book #4 in Accidental Adventures Series
Summer Camp Trouble
Synopsis_________________________________
Summer Camp Trouble
Author: Max Elliot Anderson
Audience: 8 – 12; especially boys
Kurt Benson and his friends Riley and Jordan used to look forward to summer camp each year up in Wisconsin. But that was before the camp opened up to kids who came from some pretty rough homes a couple of years ago.
Then, this summer, things got a little more interesting when a rich kid showed up. He didn’t come by bus, minivan, or car like most campers. This guy arrived in a helicopter. Plus, his suitcases were filled with candy bars and other things he used to get kids to do things for him.
This summer, some of the roughest boys Kurt had ever seen came to camp. Right from the start, they caused all kinds of trouble.
Then, one night, there was a huge explosion as fireworks went off. They were supposed to hit Kurt’s cabin, but something went terribly wrong.
Why did Kurt risk his own safety to save the life of one of the worst guys at camp? His actions would change Rudy’s life from that point on.
Series Video
Thursday, January 05, 2017
The Secret of Grandmother's Grandfather Clock - Book 3 in the Accidental Adventures Series
The Secret of Grandmother's Grandfather Clock
Synopsis_________________________________
The Mystery of Grandmother’s
Grandfather Clock
Author: Max Elliot Anderson
Audience: 8 – 12; especially boys
Kurt Benson loved to visit his grandparents’ farm. But, not this time. A simple phone call changed everything. His grandfather had been a bomber pilot and, together, they’d built models. When the phone rang, Kurt was nearly finished building the first one that could actually fly.
His grandparents lived a long distance away. When the family finally got there, Kurt and his sister Olivia found out that their grandfather had died. But the biggest shock was that someone may have been responsible for it.
So, Kurt, Olivia, and their cousins set out to discover the truth. What they find is that someone had been threatening the old man and now they were trying to scare Kurt’s grandmother.
His grandfather had left some clues, but they didn’t make sense to Kurt until he noticed a mirror. He also found that someone in the county office had been tampering with property records and several people had already lost their farms…but why?
Find it on Amazon
Series Video
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Funny Money Mystery - NEW
Funny Money Mystery
Synopsis_________________________________
Funny Money Mystery
Author: Max Elliot Anderson
Audience: 8 – 12; especially boys
Kurt Benson’s uncle’s house was actually the second story of a building in the center of Main Street. His aunt and uncle ran a bakery downstairs. One thing was for sure, Kurt never had to wonder where his next meal would be coming from.
His friends, Riley and Jordan, helped him make deliveries. Over at Emmett’s shop, they had the man weld two bikes to an old metal cart. He even added a motor. Now they could carry larger loads of baked goodies.
Kurt never missed anything that happened along Main Street because he could look down there from the upstairs window. That’s why, when a van pulled up and men began unloading large boxes, and taking them inside an abandoned storefront, Kurt became suspicious. He and his friends came up with a plan to find out what those men were doing.
After counterfeit twenty-dollar-bills began showing up all over town, the boys set up a high-tech surveillance system to help solve the mystery.
Could it be that the guys across the street were printing all those phony bills?
Will the boys be able to get the evidence before those men figure out what’s happening and leave town?
Find it on Amazon at:
The Accidental Adventures Series VIDEO
Monday, December 19, 2016
Youtube Videos of Middle Grade Fiction Adventures & Mysteries
I’ve spent most of my life in the production of dramatic films, videos, and hundreds of TV commercials. My #MiddleGrade adventures & mysteries are a direct result of this visual communications background. To catch the excitement of theses books, go to my youtube videos and see for yourself. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=max+elliot+anderson
Many of these books are available on Amazon PRIME
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Still searching for that perfect #MiddleGrade child’s gift this Christmas?
Still searching for that perfect #MiddleGrade child’s gift this Christmas?
I grew up hating to read. Check out mysteries and adventures at Max Elliot Anderson’s Amazon author page amazon.com/author/maxanderson
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Give The Gift Of Reading
This Christmas, in addition to the toys, computer games, electronics, and other great gifts you have planned for the middle graders on your list, why not also give the gift of reading?
Sure, those other presents will be appreciated, but most of them will also soon be forgotten. Not so with an exciting action-adventure or mystery by Max Elliot Anderson.
You have over 20 different titles to choose from on Amazon. Find them all at:
The Accidental Adventure Series has been released in time for Christmas. These books carry the $5.99 and $2.99 prices.
Accidental Adventures VIDEO
The Cat Burglars
Funny Money Mystery
The Secret of Grandmother’s
Grandfather Clock
Summer Camp Trouble
Danger Mountain
Shadow of the Fat Man
Information on this sheet is incorrect. Correct prices are $5.99 in print and $2.99 in Ebook.
Do you have a Middle Grade Reader 8 - 13 in your home, family, classroom, or circle of friends? Make sure they have the link to this blog for future updates and information. http://booksandboys.blogspot.com
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
The Cat Burglars - NEW Middle Grade fiction
This is book # 1 in the new Accidental Adventures Series
The Cat Burglars
Synopsis_________________________________
The Cat Burglars
Author: Max Elliot Anderson
Audience: 8 – 12; especially boys
Kurt Benson could hardly believe there had been a burglary, and right in his own neighborhood. He was helping out his friend, Riley Pletcher, whose parents owned Pletcher’s Bed and Biscuit Kennels.
Kurt thought it was odd that his neighbor’s cat, Buffy, had been staying at the kennel while the family was away on vacation. But, when he found out the houses of at least four other Pletcher’s customers had also been hit, his head started spinning.
That was before he saw the copier repairman do something odd. When he thought no one could see him, the man took a sheet of paper from a clipboard on the wall, made a copy, and quickly returned the clipboard to its hook.
Was it possible the repairman had something to do with all those burglaries?
Were they getting ready to strike again?
Can Kurt figure out the mystery in time?
Find it on Amazon at
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Burglars-Accidental-Adventures-Episode/dp/1944430407%3FSubscriptionId%3D1QZMGW0RRJC2PX87HDR2%26tag%3Dsalranexp-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1944430407
Find it on Amazon at
https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Burglars-Accidental-Adventures-Episode/dp/1944430407%3FSubscriptionId%3D1QZMGW0RRJC2PX87HDR2%26tag%3Dsalranexp-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1944430407
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
NEW #MiddleGrade Adventure - Danger Mountain
Danger Mountain
Synopsis_________________________________
Danger Mountain
Author: Max Elliot Anderson
Audience: 8 – 12; especially boys
Kurt Benson’s cousin Dillon lived at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Dillon McDonald’s father owned an outfitter’s shop in the village there. One day Dillon hoped to work for a mountain rescue team. But for now, he and his friends Pete and Wayne were planning their first practice hike. It was only supposed to be for a short distance, and then they’d return the same day. Kurt was coming to Colorado with his father on a business trip.
Dillon’s father had often warned him to stay away from Danger Mountain. That’s because climbers would hike toward it, but never return.
Just before the boys left the outfitter shop, even before sunup on the day of their first mountain hike, a strange group of men started out ahead of them. Dillon’s father had rented the men almost everything except the mules. Kurt hoped he wasn’t about to get into another accidental adventure, but was he ever wrong!
Early into their hike, the boys left the main trail so they could get a glimpse of Danger Mountain. And that’s when they saw some of those same men chasing another man up to the edge of a cliff. A shot rang out, and the man went over the side.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
A Few Middle Grade Action-Adventure Book Trailers
Here are a few #middlegrade action-adventure book trailers:
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Reviews for The Sam Cooper and The Accidental Adventures series
Max Elliot Anderson
Anyone who knows me or reads my blog posts knows I read a lot of books for kids.
I've read several books by Max Elliot Anderson in the past. Recently I read three more and enjoyed them a lot.
Those books are: Lost Island Smugglers, which is a Sam Cooper Adventure, and both The Cat Burglars and Funny Money. The last two are part of another series, The Accidental Adventures of Kurt Benson and His Friends, Riley and Jordan. (That series name is a VERY long subtitle!)
Anderson writes just the sort of stories boys, even reluctant readers, will love! His books aren't long, each one is full of exciting adventures, and the characters are realistic. Of course lots of girls will enjoy reading them, too.
In some ways these books are similar to classic series like The Hardy Boysmysteries, but they take place in modern times. And, unlike some of the classic adventure series for kids, it's believable that the kids in his series get into the scary situations and are able to handle them.
Anderson has written about two dozen books for kids and I expect to read more of them in the future.
I've read several books by Max Elliot Anderson in the past. Recently I read three more and enjoyed them a lot.
Those books are: Lost Island Smugglers, which is a Sam Cooper Adventure, and both The Cat Burglars and Funny Money. The last two are part of another series, The Accidental Adventures of Kurt Benson and His Friends, Riley and Jordan. (That series name is a VERY long subtitle!)
Anderson writes just the sort of stories boys, even reluctant readers, will love! His books aren't long, each one is full of exciting adventures, and the characters are realistic. Of course lots of girls will enjoy reading them, too.
In some ways these books are similar to classic series like The Hardy Boysmysteries, but they take place in modern times. And, unlike some of the classic adventure series for kids, it's believable that the kids in his series get into the scary situations and are able to handle them.
Anderson has written about two dozen books for kids and I expect to read more of them in the future.
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