About the Author\nSam Sedgman is an award-winning, bestselling novelist, and lifelong crime fiction enthusiast. His books include the Adventures on Trains series and Epic Adventures: Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys. He lives in London, where he once ran a company devising murder mystery treasure hunts. He grew up with a railway line at the bottom of his garden and has been fascinated by trains ever since.\nCross scorching deserts on the California Zephyr, take in the safari sights of Southern Africa, wrap up warm in the Arctic Circle, and taste tea in India whilst on a toy train―there's a whole world to discover when traveling by train!\nSo climb on board and travel across six continents, 34 countries, and numerous cities via 12 of the world's most amazing train journeys. Adventures on Trains author and British Book Award 2021 winner Sam Sedgman brings to life the world’s most epic railroads, including the Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul), the first Transcontinental Railroad (Chicago to San Francisco), and the Rejuvenation Express (Beijing to Hong Kong). Each locomotive adventure reveals the rich history, culture, landscape, and wildlife of the countries traveled.\nDetailed, colorful illustrations by Sam Brewster bring the facts and journeys to life. Epic Adventures will appeal to culture-, travel-, locomotive-fans of all ages.

Epic Adventures: Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys

Children's Books

Sedgman, Sam

Action & Adventure

Kingfisher

Epic Adventures: Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys (Adventures on Trains)

Cars, Trains & Things That Go

InThe Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1, a middle-grade series starter from MG 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 beforeThe Highland Falcon makes its last stop.

The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1

Leonard, M.G.

Feiwel & Friends

Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

In this second book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to the U.S. with his uncle to ride a famous train--the California Comet--and stumbles on a new mystery to solve, in M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman'sKidnap on the California Comet... After his adventure on the Highland Falcon, amateur sleuth Hal Beck is excited to embark on another journey with his journalist uncle. This time, they're set to ride the historic California Comet from Chicago to San Francisco. Hal mostly keeps to himself on the trip, feeling homesick and out of place in America. But he soon finds himself drawn into another mystery when the young daughter of a billionaire tech entrepreneur goes missing! 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.

About the Author\nM. G. Leonard has made up stories since she was a girl, but back then, adults called them lies or tall tales. As a grown-up, her books have been translated into over forty languages and won many awards. Her works include the Adventures on Trains series and Twitch. She lives in Brighton, England, with her husband, two sons, a cat, a dog, and a tank of exotic beetles.\nSam Sedgman is an award-winning, bestselling novelist, and lifelong crime fiction enthusiast. His books include the Adventures on Trains series and Epic Adventures: Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys. He lives in London, where he once ran a company devising murder mystery treasure hunts. He grew up with a railway line at the bottom of his garden and has been fascinated by trains ever since.\nElisa Paganelli was in Modena Italy and lives in the UK. She is the illustrator of the Adventures on Trains series.\nIn this third book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series by M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to South Africa with his uncle to a ride a famous train...and stumbles onto a murder mystery!\nFollowing his adventure on the California Comet, artist and amateur sleuth Hal Beck is looking forward to another railway journey with Nat, his journalist uncle―this time riding the historic Safari Star through South Africa. Then the already eventful journey becomes even more so when one of their fellow passengers dies on board!\nAccident . . . or murder?\nWith help from a new friend, Winston (and his mongoose, Chipo), Hal is determined to figure out if a murder has really taken place and, if so, who among a long list of suspects is the killer―all before the Safari Star arrives at its final destination.

Murder on the Safari Star: Adventures on Trains #3

Danger at Dead Man's Pass: Adventures on Trains #4

Macmillan Young Listeners

About the Author\nM. G. Leonard has made up stories since she was a girl, but back then, adults called them lies or tall tales. As a grown-up, her books have been translated into over forty languages and won many awards. Her works include the Adventures on Trains series and Twitch. She lives in Brighton, England, with her husband, two sons, a cat, a dog, and a tank of exotic beetles.\nSam Sedgman is an award-winning, bestselling novelist, and lifelong crime fiction enthusiast. His books include the Adventures on Trains series and Epic Adventures: Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys. He lives in London, where he once ran a company devising murder mystery treasure hunts. He grew up with a railway line at the bottom of his garden and has been fascinated by trains ever since.\nElisa Paganelli was in Modena Italy and lives in the UK. She is the illustrator of the Adventures on Trains series.\nIn this second book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to the U.S. with his uncle to ride a famous train―the California Comet―and stumbles on a new mystery to solve, in M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman's Kidnap on the California Comet...\nAfter his adventure on the Highland Falcon, amateur sleuth Hal Beck is excited to embark on another journey with his journalist uncle. This time, they're set to ride the historic California Comet from Chicago to San Francisco.\nHal mostly keeps to himself on the trip, feeling homesick and out of place in America. But he soon finds himself drawn into another mystery when the young daughter of a billionaire tech entrepreneur goes missing!\nAlong 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.

Square Fish

Board the California Comet and help Harrison Beck to solve another heart-stopping mystery in the second Adventures on Trains story, Kidnap on the California Comet, from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman.\nAfter the excitement of his adventures aboard the Highland Falcon Thief, Harrison Beck can't wait for the opportunity to go on another amazing train journey. So when his Uncle Nat invites him aboard the California Comet, the iconic three-day train journey from Chicago to San Francisco, he leaps at the chance to travel. But when the daughter of billionaire entrepreneur August Reza goes missing en route, Hal finds himself with another mystery to solve. Can he uncover the kidnapper before the journey's end?\nAn adrenaline-fuelled journey across America in the second mystery in the major Adventures on Trains series.\n'A thrilling and hugely entertaining adventure story' - David Walliams, on The Highland Falcon Thief\n'Wildly funny, with hairpin plot bends and inventive characters, this series is firmly on track to become a bestseller.' – Daily Mail\n'A chuffing triumph' – The Times Children's Book of the Week on The Highland Falcon Thief

Kidnap on the California Comet (Adventures on Trains)

Macmillan Children`s Books

Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari!\nAll-aboard for the third amazing journey in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series, Murder on the Safari Star, from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, illustrated throughout by Elisa Paganelli.\nHarrison Beck and his Uncle Nat are on the journey of a lifetime aboard the Safari Star – a luxurious steam train that will take them from Pretoria to the stunning Victoria Falls. Close encounters with the amazing animals and landscape of Southern Africa are adventure enough, but things get mysterious when a passenger is found dead inside a locked compartment. Is it just a terrible accident or is something more suspicious afoot? It’s up to train detective Hal and his new friend Winston to find out.\n'Like Murder on the Orient Express but better!' Frank Cottrell-Boyce on The Highland Falcon Thief\n'A thrilling and hugely entertaining adventure story' - David Walliams on The Highland Falcon Thief\n'A chuffing triumph' The Times on The Highland Falcon Thief\n'A first class choo-choo-dunnit!' David Solomons on Kidnap on the California Comet

Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Trains)

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Epic Adventures: Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys

Epic Adventures: Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys (Adventures on Trains)

The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1

Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

Murder on the Safari Star: Adventures on Trains #3

Danger at Dead Man's Pass: Adventures on Trains #4

The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1

Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

Kidnap on the California Comet (Adventures on Trains)

Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Trains)