The Highland Falcon Thief

Written by M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman · Illustrated by Elisa Paganelli

Book #1 in the Adventures on Trains series

A boy must solve a jewel theft on a royal train to clear his friend's name.

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272 pages· 51,503 words· Est. 5.5 hour read· 690L

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Bookroo's summary

Eleven-year-old Hal Beck embarks on a royal train journey with his uncle, expecting boredom. Instead, he befriends a stowaway, Lenny, and faces a mystery when a princess's diamond necklace is stolen. With suspicion on Lenny, Hal must use his keen observation and sketching skills to find the real thief and save his friend before the train's final stop. Can Hal uncover the truth in time?

‘If you don’t seize the opportunity to wear a bow tie when you’re on a royal train, when will you ever wear one?’

— from the book

From the publisher

In The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1, a middle-grade series starter from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, a young boy is swept up in an investigation to uncover the perpetrator of a jewel theft. When eleven-year-old Harrison Hal Beck is forced to accompany his travel-writer uncle on the last journey of a royal train, he expects a boring trip spent away from video games and children his age. But then Hal spots a girl who should not be on board, and he quickly makes friends with the stowaway, Lenny. Things get even more interesting when the royal prince and princess board for the last leg of the journey–because the princess’s diamond necklace is soon stolen and replaced with a fake! Suspicion falls on the one person who isn’t supposed to be there: Lenny. It’s up to Hal, his keen observation, and his skill as a budding sketch artist to uncover the real jewel thief, clear his friend’s name, and return the diamond necklace before The Highland Falcon makes its last stop.

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