Global Heroes - Author Visits to School

I’m always looking for ways to make my school visits more fun, exciting, and informative, and I think that my new Global Heroes books will be a great way of doing this.

The Global Heroes  are a group of children, recruited from around the world by mysterious billionaire, Mason Ash. 

Mo is the newest member of the group. He comes from Britain and has a great knowledge of animals and living things that make him an important part of the team. 

Ling, from China, is an environmental expert. She saw the damage people were doing to the world and was determined to change it. 

Keira is African American and is a gadget whizz... when she's not trying out a new gadget, she's busy repairing an old one. Her expertese proves vital for the Global Heroes missions.

Ronan with his love of maths and physics comes from Ireland. His logical approach to solving problems comes in very useful. 

Fernanda’s from Brazil, where one parent is a vet and the other a doctor. She’s picked up medical knowledge from both of them and is eager to put it to good use. 

Working together from The Beehive, their top secret island headquarters, they use their special skills help protect the future of the Earth and everything that lives on it. 

The first four Global Heroes books came out at the end of last year and, with fantastic covers and inside artwork by the wonderful Alex Paterson, I think they look great. Each book is a stand alone story that mixes fact with fiction to creat a story full of action, adventure and scientific information. 

In Bushfire Rescue, the team are sent to Australia where bush fires have been raging out of control. There, they will discover some of the causes of these wild fires, help rescue stranded animals. 

They also discover that there are a band of villains known as the Evilooters who will stop at nothing to get money... even if it means damaging the planet to do so.

Mo has always wanted to see polar bears in the wild so he's very excited to be chosen to take part in a mission to the frozen Arctic. Their mission there is to find out why polar bears are at risk and what might be some of the causes behind it. 

You can also join the Global Heroes in Rising River Escape - on their mission to Madagascar where flash floods have left pets and animals stranded - and Waves of Waste where waves of plastic rubbish are being washed up onto the beaches of Brazil. Who is behind all of these disasters?

 

 

The Global Heroes Are Here

 As well as working on lots of little books during the past year, I've been busy working on a new series called Global Heroes. You can find out more about them HERE on my website. The first two in the series have just been published - and I think you'll agree, they look GREAT! The illustrations have been done by the excellent Alex Patterson and he's done a great job bringing the characters and settings to life. 

The heroes are a group of children - each with specialist skills - that go on missions around the world to help tackle environmental disasters and problems. The first book, Bushfire Rescue, is set in Australia where a wild bushfire has swept across the countryside. The Global Heroes mission is to help rescue wild animals that have been affected by the fire - but they also have to keep their wits about them as a group of villains, known only as Evilooters, have been seen in the area. What are the Evilooters up to and have they got anything to do with the fire? 

In book 2, Waves of Waste, the heroes are sent to Brazil to find out why mountains of plastic waste are being washed up on the beaches. As well as action filled adventure stories, the books are full of fascinating facts and will be great for children who have an interest in science and the environment - especially in connection with current global issues like Global Warming, and Animals in Danger. Two more books in the series will be coming out in November. 

Each book is a story on its own and they can be read in any order.