I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic! The illustrations are beautiful and add so much to the story, Hal (aka Elisa Paganelli) uses his amazing artistic skills to help him solve the mystery. Another exciting mystery starring Harrison "Hal" Beck and his Uncle Nat, but this time we have gone stateside! Along with new friends—spunky 13-year-old Mason and his younger sister, Hadley—Hal races against the clock to find the missing girl before the California Comet reaches its final destination.

In this book’s adventure, Harrison is aboard the beautiful, iconic California Comet, with the aim of interviewing a battery billionaire. There is an odd assembly of characters aboard the California Comet, from a shady passenger with briefcases, a rival journalist, a bullying father and a woman with a bearded dragon! The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.During the trip on the California Comet we find Harrison has managed to make some friends with a few children onboard but when one of those friends disappears following a clearly witnessed kidnap can Harrison and his new friends come up with the answer to find what has happened and solve this mystery? With a cast of delightfully dubious characters who are all potential suspects, Kidnap on the California Comet will keep readers guessing and reading on to enjoy the developing friendships and follow the red herrings across the USA, to a satisfying conclusion.

When the daughter of a billionaire entrepreneur goes missing enroute, can Harrison Beck uncover the kidnapper? S. with his uncle to ride a famous train—the California Comet—and stumbles on a new mystery to solve, in M. Kidnap on the California Comet can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the Adventures on Trains series. When Uncle Nat arrives and asks if Harrison Beck wants to go on another train adventure it sounds like the perfect trip, he'll get to fly to America and then go on an amazing train with his uncle he loves spending time with but after the experience on Highland Falcon he knows a train journey isn't likely to be as simple as getting his ticket and just enjoying the ride.

If you’re teaching a KS2 topic on North America, Kidnap on the California Comet provides lots of great jumping-off points.

It lives up to our hopes, and the strengths of the opening title of this series, The Highland Falcon Thief. We then took part in the Scout Great Indoors Weekender Camp were Sam read the start of this book as the bedtime story. My daughter and I read this book together as a bedtime story, having previously read the first mystery in the series, The Highland Falcon Thief. Join Hal and Uncle Nat on more stops in this thrilling series with: The Highland Falcon Thief , Murder on the Safari Star , Danger at Dead Man's Pass and Sabotage on the Solar Express.You guys are such a force for good and I am a passionate supporter of Indie booksellers, so I'm so happy this worked out well (I'd love to know how many books were sold if you have it to hand - it felt like quite a lot! You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. As a grown up, she has written stories about fantastical beetles, beautiful birds and thrilling train rides.