It Happened on a Train

For a great detective, the best part of retiring is coming out of retirement.

Retired private detective and current seventh grader Steve Brixton has a new job: He takes out the trash for five bucks a week. But it's hard to leave the old game behind, and on a train trip down the California coast, Steve and his best chum, Dana, are pulled into a mystery involving a fleet of stolen automobiles, a vanishing girl, and a phantom train car. Oh, and there might just be some romance….

This laugh-out-loud mystery is a witty, modern-day companion to the adventures of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew that brims with humor and intrigue.

Mac Barnett?is the author of the Brixton Brother series and several picture books, including?Guess Again!?and?Chloe and the Lion?(both illustrated by Adam Rex), and the?New York Times?bestseller?Extra Yarn. He’s on the board of directors of 826LA, a nonprofit writing center, and founded the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a convenience store for time travelers. Mac lives in Oakland, California.

Adam Rex?is the?New York Times?bestselling author and illustrator of?Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich. His other books include?The True Meaning of Smekday, which was made into the hit animated movie?Home;?Moonday; and?School’s First Day of School, illustrated by Christian Robinson. He also illustrated the Brixton Brothers series,?Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem,?Chloe and the Lion, and?How This Book Was Made, all by Mac Barnett, and?Chu’s Day, by Neil Gaiman. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. Visit him at AdamRex.com or follow him on Twitter @MrAdamRex.