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Max's Arabian Adventure (Shadows of the Past Book 8) Kindle Edition

by Wendy Leighton-Porter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars (11)
Max the Tonkinese cat disappears on a solo adventure without his three human time-travelling companions when he’s dragged into the past by an evil magician who has chosen him to accomplish a special task. Lost and alone, the poor cat fears he may never be able to return to the present and all he holds dear.
Can he find his way back, or will he be condemned to remain forever in a distant time and place, far from home?
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  1. Reading age
    7 - 13 years
  2. Book 8 of 20
    Shadows of the Past
  3. Print length
    70 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Accessibility
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  6. Publication date
    June 18, 2014
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"My very favourite cat in contemporary literature, the delightful and rather large Tonkinese one called Max, is back. This time in the deserts of Arabia and very much on his own without the support of his beloved Jemima, her twin brother, Joe and their friend, Charlie... Thank you for introducing Max to the world. I look forward to more of his adventures." IONA CARROLL, author of the Oisin Kelly series

"I love Wendy Leighton-Porter's Shadows of the Past series and was delighted to find her latest book, where Max the cat has an unusual adventure. Max's Arabian Adventure has one significant difference from all his other escapades with twins Jemima and Joe and their best friend Charlie-this time Max is on his own. Wendy Leighton-Porter's feline hero, Max the talking Tonkinese cat, has brought such pleasure to young and young-at-heart readers... The author has imbued Max with such realistic characteristics and a wonderful personality. This is truly Max's adventure and he truly shines!" FIONA INGRAM, author of The Chronicles of the Stone series

"Max the Tonkinese cat has his first solo adventure in this charming story, from the pen of the talented Wendy Leighton-Porter. I had a great time reading it and didn't want it to end. Max meets a number of different characters on his unplanned desert trip, some kind and helpful - and one that certainly would be classified as the villain. Lots of twists and turns in the plot-line make the reader wonder if Max is actually going to make it home, despite his inbuilt ingenuity...Readers of all ages - and especially children - will delight in this terrific tale, set in the land of desert sands." JOHN CLEWARTH, author

"A lovely little story. This time Max is on his own when transported into a land of Arabian mystery. Being the lovable cat that he is, he soon makes friends. Arabian friends. And his journey takes the reader into a world made all the more real as the writer lives there, as she explains at the end of the book." OLIVER EADE, author

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00L4DH2JE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Silver Quill Publishing
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 18, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.3 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 70 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 8 of 20 ‏ : ‎ Shadows of the Past
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 13 years
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,896,995 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars (11)

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My books have won various awards over the past couple of years, including gold and silver medals in the Children's Literary Classics Book Awards 2018 and 2019, and a bronze in the Readers' Favorite Book Awards 2019. I have also been shortlisted twice in the Rubery Book Awards.

The Shadow of Atlantis is the first in a series of time-travel adventures, featuring 3 children and a magnificent Tonkinese cat called Max. The most recent title in the series is The Shadow of the Great Fire, set in mid-17th century London, and I'm now working on book number 18 - The Shadow of the Slave Ship.

As I take my young readers on a magical mystery tour through the past, I'm hoping that my love of history, myth and legend will rub off on them too. Personally, I'm enjoying the journey so much, I don't ever want it to end! Why not come along with me for the ride?

website: www.wendy-leighton-porter.com

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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  • Cheryl Carpinello, author of MG Arthurian Tales and others. See my Amazon Author Page
    5.0 out of 5 stars Look Out, Arabia!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2019
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    I have a fascination with Arabia, Egypt, and other countries in that area. Traveling with Max the cat to ancient Arabia was exciting and fun. I love the author's description of the country and can understand Max's distress at possibly being stuck in the desert forever! The allusion to Aladdin and the magic lamp will entice young readers (and maybe some mature readers) to further investigate this ancient tale. Highly recommended!!
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  • Kimberley
    5.0 out of 5 stars A modern Arabian Nights with so much more to offer
    Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2020
    Format: Paperback
    As the plot thickens in the main Shadows from the Past series, it has now come time for me to start exploring the spin-off collection of Max the Tonkinese cat’s fantastic side adventures. Having truly fallen in love with Max during the main series, for his attitude, his bravado despite his fears and his many clever moments, I am giddy as a child reader would be to explore this world, and I have begun with Max’s Arabian Adventure.

    It begins with Max being thieved from his home (gasp) and take away back in time by a wicked magician who has plans to use him for a very special and somewhat sinister task. Max panics at first, but soon opportunity presents itself and the wily, wise little kitty is able to start making a break back to the future and his beloved Jemima. Following the events of their 1066 adventure, Max is well placed to be a hero after all his other experiences, and he refuses to become the new Aladdin to this wicked sorcerer’s ideas.

    I absolutely adored the Arabian Nights homages and that style of sweeping narrative that was cleverly woven into this adventure, bringing classic literature and old fairytales to life in a modern and relevant way for the readership. It was so cool to have a separate story which is all Max too, which gives this fabulous and equally strong narrative viewpoint compared to the main novels. There is a welcome change of pace in the goal of the storyline as well, because poor Max is trapped without the necklace and in peril of never returning home unless he finds help. For readers seeking a tale of a reluctant hero pushed to the limit, you’ll also find all the cuteness of Michael Morpurgo and an astute literary knack for historical fiction to boot. Bravo!
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  • Fiona Ingram
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another Five-star Adventure!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2014
    Format: Kindle
    Max’s Arabian Adventure has one significant difference from all his other escapades with twins Jemima and Joe and their best friend Charlie—this time Max is on his own. Although Max bravely steps up when required to do so, and often plays extremely heroic roles in the face of terrible danger and almost certain death, Max secretly hates all this derring-do and time traveling in search of the twins’ missing parents. After all, a cat only has nine lives and Max wants to hang onto all of his because you never know when you’re going to need them! It was that dratted book’s fault, of course, luring him into turning just one page. Wait a moment! How come the book was open? The book can only be opened by a special key, which Jemima keeps on a chain around her neck. Another thing: Joe is usually so careful about putting the book back into its box after each adventure. One shouldn’t leave a magical book lying around. Anyone might step into another world and without the key to get back… That’s what happened to Max. He was yanked into another world, a world of blazing sun and burning sand and it is very hot in the desert if you’re not used to it. His captor is a magician who has (somehow) heard of Max’s amazing feats and has a task for Max. He must enter a dark and dirty tunnel to fetch (steal) something very special for this magician, who proves to be a most unsympathetic and untrustworthy character. Will Max manage to get out alive or will the magician trick him? Meeting Falak the falcon and Ghazala the camel saves his life, but how will Max get back to his family? Is he doomed to be stuck in an Arabian adventure forever?

    Wendy Leighton-Porter’s feline hero, Max the talking Tonkinese cat, has brought such pleasure to young and young-at-heart readers. Max is technically a coward, but relies on his common sense, his evasive tactics when danger threatens, and his canny ‘cat’ sense to get out of trouble. Of course, having humans like Jemima, Joe and Charlie on his side also helps. It’s extremely difficult for a cat to manage when it comes to getting out of scrapes, like tunnels where one is trapped, and trudging miles back over desert sands to find civilization. But Max has done it before and he does it again. Readers will love the descriptions of how Max is whisked (by trickery!) from his comfy home to the horrors of being abandoned in the desert. The author has imbued Max with such realistic characteristics and a wonderful personality. This is truly Max’s adventure and he truly shines! I loved this book
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  • Iona McGregor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful and entertaining
    Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2014
    Format: Kindle
    My very favourite cat in contemporary literature, the delightful and rather large Tonkinese one called Max is back. This time in the deserts of Arabia and very much on his own without the support of his beloved Jemina, her twin brother, Joe and their friend, Charlie. Back into the past Max hurtles. An unpleasant magician needs the cat to rescue a lamp for him – shades of Aladdin here. Max is hot and thirsty and frightened – he is after all, a rather spoilt cat. Left alone in the desert, he is rescued by a talking falcon and a delightful camel. All ends well. Max is a survivor!
    It is my intention to read all of the Shadows of the Past series. Wendy Leighton-Porter writes so well for children and her books entertain and educate. Older readers can dip into them as well and I am in that category. Thank you for introducing Max to the world and I look forward to more of his adventures.
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  • Mr. S. Priestman
    5.0 out of 5 stars My 10 year old daughter is hooked. Children's historical fiction.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2014
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Parents - if you are looking for contemporary literature, with exciting and educational content, that is well written and will inspire your children, download the Shadows series (and any spin offs) onto your children's Kindles and sit back and watch them disappear for a couple of hours.
    I have been careful about making, in the main, only classical literature available for my daughter and was a little hesitant when she found this series on Amazon, for Kindle.
    However, I have found that the calculated exposure to well written literature has resulted in her discerning good and less well written prose. She has found great contemporary literature in this series and is badgering the author for the next book...sorry, Wendy!
    My daughter informs me that alongside CS Lewis, Laura Ingalls Wilder, E Nesbit, Michael Morpurgo, the author of How To Train Your Dragon (whose name I can't recall - Cressida Cowell?) and the author of The Silver Sword, Wendy Leighton Porter is one of her most favourite authors. She is chomping at the bit for The Shadow of the Two Princes.

    Kids - Read these exciting adventure books..you're going to love them.
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  • Iona McGregor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2014
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    My very favourite cat in contemporary literature, the delightful and rather large Tonkinese one called Max is back. This time in the deserts of Arabia and very much on his own without the support of his beloved Jemina, her twin brother, Joe and their friend, Charlie. Back into the past Max hurtles. An unpleasant magician needs the cat to rescue a lamp for him – shades of Aladdin here. Max is hot and thirsty and frightened – he is after all, a rather spoilt cat. Left alone in the desert, he is rescued by a talking falcon and a delightful camel. All ends well. Max is a survivor!
    It is my intention to read all of the Shadows of the Past series. Wendy Leighton-Porter writes so well for children and her books entertain and educate. Older readers can dip into them as well and I am in that category. Thank you for introducing Max to the world and I look forward to more of his adventures.
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  • Linda Redhead
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2014
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    A lovely short story. An interesting storyline and very well written.
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