The Untimely Journey of Veronica T. Boone Series

A heart-pounding mystery adventure for Middle Grade and Tween readers!   The crime of the century. A magical train. Can two girls born 150 years apart stop thieves from stealing the secret to time travel before their own lives disappear forever?   Laurentide, Ohio. Molly is perfectly content. A typical twelve-year-old girl, she loves her family, friends, and riding horses. Out of nowhere a strange woman takes over the school and everything goes crazy. People start hating each other, Molly's favorite teachers get fired, and adults disappear from the town.   Told by an antique shop owner that the stranger is a dangerous time traveler from the 1890s, Molly can't believe such a crazy idea. But when the woman's goons set fire to the entire town, Molly escapes on an unusual steam train…and finds herself racing into the past.   Will Molly's dive into history be the key to stopping a trail of destruction?   Laurentide is the thrilling first book in The Untimely Journey of Veronica T. Boone Middle Grade adventure series. If you like courageous characters, cool historical facts, and fun insights into real American history, then you'll love this wonderful railway rescue.   Children's educational topics: American history, honesty, friendship, patriotism.   HOP ABOARD! Order today!

Action and adventure for Middle Grade readers and up! A stolen train, the crime of the century, and thieves who travel through time...   In Part 1 of The Untimely Journey of Veronica T. Boone, 12-year-old Molly's small town of Laurentide was destroyed by time-traveling Pug-Nasties, led by the evil Ursula Bamcroft.  Now in Part 2, THE JEREMY BENTHAM, Molly and Veronica are on the run, leaping through time themselves to stop the Pug-Nasties before they can strike again.   The evil Pug-Nasties are causing havoc. Molly and Veronica – and the crew of the Jeremy Bentham – must stop them.  But that's easier said than done.   Tangling with barnstorming pilots, Presidents of the United States, bank robbers, street gangs, tornadoes, and Broadway singers, the girls just about have their hands full.  And it's all about to get worse.   A modern children's classic. An educational adventure trilogy in the spirit of A Wrinkle in Time, The Hobbit, and the Nancy Drew mysteries. The page-turning plot and real historical events make it a favorite with both boys and girls.   Don't miss the dozens of historical photographs at the end of the book!  

The White City is the exciting conclusion to The Untimely Journey of Veronica T. Boone!  Molly has escaped the destruction of her small town of Laurentide.  She and Veronica have survived a dozen harrowing adventures as they raced through the 20th century on the Jeremy Bentham.  They've outwitted and out-battled not just Pug-Nasties but power-hungry presidents, panicky bankers, and whisky-smuggling gangsters.  But are they up to their greatest test of all - Ursula Bamcroft herself?   It's Chicago in 1893, at the greatest World's Fair ever to take place, and the girls must find Ursula, stop her from stealing the silver cups, and get Molly back to the Present before history is changed forever.  Easy, right?  Not hardly!  First, they can't find the missing circus train.  Then they realize there's no way to stop the cups from being stolen.  Worst of all, Veronica is kidnapped right when Molly needs her most!    The White City is a gorgeous, sumptuous, heart-pounding adventure at the height of America's Gilded Age.  In the middle of the historic Columbian Exposition, Molly and Veronica are battling the most cruel forces ever to attack the nation.  On one side is Ursula with hundreds of Pug-Nasties.  On the other are Molly and the crew of the Jeremy Bentham, along with an ill-tempered mongoose, a mysterious magician, and a wild band of circus performers.  Will the White City go up in flames?  Will the bridge over the Chasm collapse under the greatest train race in history?  Will Molly and Veronica survive to reach Laurentide again?  And what does chocolate have to do with any of this?  Grab a seat and hold on, for history is on the move!  It's full speed ahead for The White City - all aboard!!