Carol Hughes Boeken

About the Author My chosen career for 25 years has been teaching in the public and private school arena. My specialty has always been in early childhood education. For the last 13 years of my teaching career as a literacy specialist, I taught reading and composition writing to first and second grade students. Upon retiring as an active educator, I have been continuing my own joy of writing by publishing children's books. My first published book, "Just Ask Solomon," is now being followed with "Solomon's Mission." I hope this second book in the Solomon series will bring you and the children in your life great joy as you read or listen together. I have been blessed with a wonderfully supportive husband, three children, and 10 grandchildren. I reside in both Washington State and Arizona along with my husband, Kirby, and Miniature Schnauzer, Lily. I continue to have a passion for bringing together parents and children in the conversation surrounding stories.

London, 1970s. An East End boy stumbles into the world of casinos as a trainee croupier at the Playboy Club London. A time of glamour, excitement and sexual freedom, this new world allows the working class urchin with dreams of adventure to discover a life and horizons he never knew existed.

Carlton doesn't look like all the other carrots with his spots and stumpy toes. As chef after chef rejects him as an ingredient in their recipe a dejected Carlton wonders if he'll ever find his perfect part. Will a chance encounter with an onion finally change his fortune?

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Hlavní hrdina Jack smí s otcem, kapitánem vzducholodi, poprvé letět na jeho stroji. Odhalí chystané spiknutí několika členů posádky, ale dříve, než může jejich spády překazit, nešťastnou náhodou vypadne nad nehostinnou arktickou končinou ven. Jako zázrakem se ale zachrání pádem do hromady plachet na pirátské lodi a ocitá se tak přímo uprostřed konfliktu mezi bukanýry a smrtonosným válečným křižníkem. Napínavý příběh plný nebezpečí, spiknutí a zrádných úkladů.

Jack Black is thrilled when his father, the captain of the largest airship in the world, invites him on the ship's maiden voyage. Once aloft, Jack overhears a plot to sabotage the ship. But before he can tell his father, Jack falls, plummeting through the air to be caught in the sails of a pirate ship. Now Jack must try to convince a crew of thieves to rescue his father. . . .In this robust blend of fantasy and whirlwind adventure, Carol Hughes confronts the difficult, real-life issues of trust, loyalty, and deception.