Thursday, August 19, 2021

Dedicated To The Memory of 9/11, And The People Who Lost Their Lives That Day, So We Never Forget.

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.



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When the Lights go Out


Author: Max Elliot Anderson

Audience: 8 – 12; especially boys

Words: About 36,500 


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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

When the Lights go Out.” A story for kids, and their parents, so we never forget 9/11.

Amazon:  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 

A Boy - A Dog - A Circus...What could go wrong? Barney And The Runaway

Barney and the Runaway has been re-released. 


Barney and the Runaway


Author: Max Elliot Anderson

Audience: 8 – 12; especially boys

Words: 25000




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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. 

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. 

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.

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.


Amazon:  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