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Children's Fiction Travel

Amanda in Holland

Missing in Action

by (author) Darlene Foster

Publisher
Central Avenue Publishing
Initial publish date
Sep 2019
Category
Travel, Europe
Recommended Age
0 to 1
Recommended Grade
2 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771681711
    Publish Date
    Sep 2019
    List Price
    $12.99

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"Be prepared to learn a lot about the culture while you follow Amanda on her adventure.”Laura Best, author, Bitter, Sweet

“What a great way for a young person to learn about a culture and to be inspired to experience other countries themselves."Irene Butler, author, Trekking the Globe with Mostly Gentle Footsteps

Amanda is in Holland to see the tulips with her best friend, Leah. They travel the canals of Amsterdam, visit Anne Frank House, check out windmills, tour a wooden shoe factory, and take many pictures of the amazing flowers of Keukenhof Gardens. She is keen to find out what happened to her great uncle who never returned from WWII and was declared missing in action. What she doesn’t expect to find and fall in love with is Joey, an abandoned puppy. While trying to find a home for him, she meets Jan, a Dutch boy who offers to help, a suspicious gardener, a strange woman on a bicycle, and an overprotective goose named Gerald.

Follow Amanda around the charming country of Holland, filled with colourful tulips, windmills, and more bicycles than she could have imagined. Once again, intrepid traveller Amanda encounters danger and intrigue as she tries to solve more than one mystery in a foreign country.

Be sure to read all the books in this exciting Amanda Travels series!
1. Amanda in Arabia: The Perfume Flask
2. Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting
3. Amanda in England: The Missing Novel
4. Amanda in Alberta: The Writing on the Stone
5. Amanda on the Danube: The Sounds of Music
6. Amanda in New Mexico: Ghosts in the Wind
7. Amanda in Holland: Missing in Action
8. Amanda in Malta: The Sleeping Lady

About the author

Brought up on a ranch in southern Alberta, Darlene Foster dreamt of writing, travelling the world and meeting interesting people. She also believes everyone is capable of making their dreams come true. It's no surprise that she's now an award-winning author of the children's Amanda Travels Adventure series, and divides her time between the west coast of Canada and Orihuela Costa, in Spain.

Darlene Foster's profile page

Editorial Reviews

"Adventure, mystery and friendship—I loved learning about Holland through the eyes of Amanda and Leah!” —Alex Lyttle, author of The Rise of Winter and From Ant to Eagle

"The story is told in a conversational voice that will draw all readers in and deftly mixes the cultural details with how Amanda engages in and solves the mystery." —Jacqui Murray, author of Born in a Treacherous Time

"I had to smile as page after page the essence of the country is superbly captured through Amanda’s eyes." —Irene Butler, author and travel writer

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