Max’s Hallowe’en Adventure by Wendy Leighton-Porter

Max’s Hallowe’en Adventure

Shadows from the Past Book 14

by Wendy Leighton-Porter.

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In his fifth solo mini-adventure, Max the talking Tonkinese cat, the feline hero of the SHADOWS FROM THE PAST series travels back in time to the mid-seventeenth century. He doesn’t understand how this has happened until he recognises his surroundings and realises it isn’t the first time he’s been to this place. Why has he been brought to this tumbledown cottage in the middle of nowhere? All is about to be revealed…

“Fans of Max the talking Tonkinese cat will be thrilled and chilled with this eerie episode… another awesome, historically accurate adventure that is certain to keep any young reader spellbound to the last page. With its edge of the seat action and tantalizing conclusion, this book is certain to have even the most reluctant readers begging for the next installment!”

READERS’ FAVORITE BOOK REVIEWS

“Max’s Hallowe’en Adventure is a delightful and deliciously scary prelude to the next adventure … The Shadow of the Witchfinder.”

FIONA INGRAM, author of the Chronicles of the Stone series

“My favourite fictional cat, the gigantic Tonkinese named Maximus, Max for short, finds himself on a scary adventure … What I like about Wendy Leighton-Porter’s Shadows from the Past series is the pace, attention to historical detail and all-round good storytelling.”

IONA CARROLL, author of the Oisin Kelly series

A Word from the Author

A perfect Hallowe’en story for Middle Grade readers, the fourteenth book in the Shadows from the Past series sends Max the talking Tonkinese cat on his fifth solo adventure. This proves to be a nerve-wracking ordeal for the lily-livered feline when he finds himself in a 17^th century Essex village, at a time when Matthew Hopkins, the notorious Witchfinder General, is on the hunt for those practising witchcraft in that area. It certainly wouldn’t be a good idea to let it slip that you just happen to be a talking cat, thanks to the magic charm you wear on your collar – so watch out, Max!

The time-travelling cat discovers that he’s been summoned into the past by Goodwife Clowes, a supposedly innocent old lady whose sister is in great peril, having been arrested by Hopkins. Hmmm, just how did Goody Clowes manage to bring the feline hero from the future, if not without the help of magic? And now, poor Max is expected to face the Witchfinder in order to save her sister. It soon becomes apparent that he will need help and Goody Clowes sends him home to fetch reinforcements, in the shape of his usual time-travelling companions – Jemima and Joe Lancelot, and their best friend Charlie, which means that this story leads directly into the chilling sequel, The Shadow of the Witchfinder…

(Wendy Leighton-Porter, 2021)