Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS Summer vacation holds little promise for Oliver. Offered a thirteenth birthday present of joining his grandmother for a vacation in Great Britain, he quickly accepts. With only several children and some unpromising adults, too late he realizes there are few others on the tour with whom he can make friends. In England, Scotland, and Wales, Oliver finds friends in unpredictable places. He and eighty-year old Mr. Hahn spend time together, and he finds an ally in the Scots bus driver when he seeks to meet a popular British band. He achieves hero status when he fearlessly races after a thief and recovers a purse stolen outside York Cathedral. By the time the Wonder World tour ends, Oliver has discovered that friends can be young or old and that friendship is forged in the most unexpected ways. Friendship is a grand adventure... For 8-16 year-olds
About the Author: ABOUT THE AUTHOR Award-winning author Phyllis J. Perry, grew up in a small gold mining town in northern California. She attended the University of California and the University of Colorado. The Author has published more than seventy books of fiction and non-fiction for both children and adults, and written stories, poems, plays and articles for magazines such as Child Life, Hopscotch, Humpty Dumpty, On The Line and The Single Parent. She lives in Boulder, Colorado and still enjoys the challenge of writing. BY THE SAME AUTHOR Award-winning author Phyllis J. Perry has published stories, poems, plays and articles in magazines such as Child Life, Hopscotch, Humpty Dumpty, On The Line, The Single Parent and more than 70 books of fiction and non-fiction for both children and adults. Amongst her recent book publications are: 2001 Animals Under the Ground Franklin Watts/Scholastic 2001 Animals that Hibernate Franklin Watts/Scholastic 2003 Mr. Crumb's Secret Higsmith Press 2003 The Secret of the Silver Key Higsmith Press 2005 A Kid's Look at Colorado Fulcrum Publishing; 2006 The Alien, the Giant and Rocketman Mondo Publishing 2007 Sherlock Hounds: Search & Rescue Dogs Mondo 2007 Colorado Fun Big Earth Publishing 2008 The Field Guide to Ocean Animals Silver Dolphin 2008, Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park Globe 2009 The Ghost in the Music Room Innovative Press 2010 Pandas' Earthquake Escape Sylvan Dell 2011 Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History. 2012 Bold Women in Colorado History Mountain Press . 2012 Hidden Away Custom Book Publications