The Twintastic Duo: Adventures of Jack and Leo

By Abir Verma

“The Twintastic Duo: Adventures of Jack and Leo” is a thrilling series of adventures that the twin brothers go on in their fun-filled life as middle school kids. Jack and Leo are growing up in the suburbs of London with their Mom and life keeps presenting them with new mysteries to solve every day. While Jack and Leo are a tiny bit naughty, they never forget the values that their mom is bringing them up with.

Secretly both of them also want to be heroes and save the day. They have a natural talent for finding themselves in the middle of all kinds of problems but they also have the craft to come out of it with their smarts. Read on to find out how they find the unimaginable treasures and solve twisted mysteries through this collection of stories.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
• Release date: Jun 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781543765410

Abir Verma

Abir is a creative 9-year-old, an avid reader, gamer and a foodie; exploring this beautiful world from sunny Singapore. He discovered his passion for writing during a short story competition. He is fond of weaving his real-life experiences with his book characters. He aspires to be a tech designer and an author.

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CONTENTS

Crossworldz

The Mines Mania

A Dolphin in Distress

Crazy Cricket

The Ultimate Race

The Forbidden House

Catastrophe on the Big Red Bus

In the Past …

To my little sister Thia!

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CROSSWORLDZ

On a rather hot day, Leo and Jack were coming back very tired from the Saintbury School of London. Their PE teacher, Mr. Speedmaster, made them run more than two kilometres under the blazing sun. Leo also accidently threw a sharp pencil at their friend Tom, and they both received detention for two weeks straight. Great, this is the best day of my life. Hooray! Leo said sarcastically. When they reached home, they dragged themselves up the stairs and climbed onto their beds.

They decided that they would tell their mom about their forgettable day. While sharing, they realized this would get them grounded; but before they could run back to their room, Mom said, "Both of you, back to bed. You are grounded at home, and you can only step out to go to school or for a super-duper urgent emergency. Go back to your room now."

When they arrived, they stared at each other and decided that they would sneak out of the house and take a bicycle ride through London with their water bottles, backpacks, and helmets.

They crawled down the stairs, careful not to step on the second step to the bottom because that step always made a very creaky and loud sound since they moved into this house. They got their bicycles and jumped on it with their water bottle in their backpack on their back. Go, Jack whispered carefully to not alert the angry Mom.

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They sped off, and after about five minutes of riding, they stumbled across their favorite ice cream shop called Buy the Delight and Be Mind-blown. Jack quickly took out some of his emergency pocket money and handed it to the shopkeeper. Pleasure doing business with you, Jackie, the shopkeeper said.

They continued riding through London, and when they came across a junction, they were supposed to take a right turn to go home. But without talking, they both took a left turn at the junction, which led them to a forest that they had never been to before.

They cycled through the forest until they reached a door. It was labeled the door of mysteries, and without a doubt, they jumped off their bicycles and slowly walked in without knowing what they were doing. Before they realized that it was a bad idea, the door of mysteries closed behind them. Their only choice was to walk through the damp tunnel and see where they came out.

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