Meet the Maxzyne Book Series
Maxzyne Meets the Mannequins
Ten-year-old Maxzyne always has her head in the clouds, but this time she might be in over her head! When a homeless woman gives the young girl a painting of the French poodle displayed in a store window, she sets off a chain of events that even Maxzyne finds hard to believe.
A wayward freight elevator, secret tunnels and vintage mannequins in distress, pull this impulsive heroine straight into a historic Chicago department store, where her rescue mission is filled with challenges.
Adults must be avoided at all costs, but can Maxzyne convince the ghastly Gigi not to use the mannequins heads in her art exhibit by store closing tonight? The clock is ticking...
Maxzyne and the Old Horse Theatre
Betrayed by her classmates and banished to the principal’s office for doodling an unflattering sketch of their music teacher, Maxzyne fumes over the unfairness of it all. Could anything worse happen on a Friday afternoon right before the Chicago Festival of Lights parade?
As she nears her dreaded destination, a glance outside reveals a runaway horse and carriage, one wheel trapped in a school bike rack. She races to help, but is it the horse or a mysterious black top hat that entices her to sit in the carriage? There is no turning back, for she is catapulted straight into a misadventure with Rico, an immigrant boy who rides horses in the nearby historic theatre.
Together they plan to save the horse, but sharing both ideas and the reins may be difficult when the runaway and the rescue keeps shifting in this madcap tale of kids changing hearts, minds and perhaps even a few grown-up rules along the way.
Maxzyne Goes Aquamarine
During a Florida vacation CPR class, eleven-year-old Maxzyne’s curiosity catapults her into an underwater world of naiads, nixies, and other lagoon creatures fighting to prevent the draining of beautiful Liliana Springs.
Will Sereia, the vain water hag in cahoots with greedy Westbrook water-bottling company, prevail in her evil plan?
Maxzyne must work with an overbearing Eagle Scout classmate, Oliver, in a battle that tests the wits and will of two very unlikely partners. Can they survive each other and this dangerous aquamarine sphere that needs their help to exist?