Former Warsaw Resident Publishes 9th Children's Adventure
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Author Max Elliot Anderson, a 1964 graduate of Warsaw High School and 1973 graduate from Grace College, has published his latest adventure for readers 8 years old and up, “River Rampage.” “I grew up as a struggling, reluctant reader,” Anderson said. “It was difficult for me to stay with a book ’til the end.”Anderson’s professional career has included the production of hundreds of dramatic films, video programs and thousands of television commercials. “Kids tell me that reading one of my adventures or mysteries is like being in an exciting or scary movie. And it’s good scary, not dark. I think it comes from so many years of film productions. That experience helps me to bring the same excitement and heart-pounding action and adventures to the books I write,” Anderson said. Bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins said, “Max Elliot Anderson brings a lifetime of dramatic film and video production to the pages of his action adventures and mysteries.” Bestselling author Bill Myers said, “Sam Cooper Adventures are like good, family movies ... as an ordinary kid finds himself in exciting and extra-ordinary adventures!” “River Rampage” is book 3 in the Sam Cooper Adventure Series. Sam Cooper and his friends have the chance of a lifetime to go rafting down the mighty Colorado River. The rains have been heavy this season, turning the raging river even more treacherous. The boys become separated from the main group, their rubber raft is going flat, and now they’re on their own. They have their hands full with a crusty prospector, his gold mine, a gang of outlaw bikers, and a desperate river escape on their makeshift wooden raft. Think that’s the worst that could happen? Well, it isn’t. “Lost Island Smugglers” and “Captain Jack’s Treasure” round out the series. “There are discussions about expanding this series,” Anderson said. “All of my other books are stand-alone stories with different characters and settings. My blog, Books for Boys, gives more details.” These adventures and mysteries provide plenty of summer reading as Sam, Tony and Tyler get into and out of one scrape after another. “You’d think that getting their boat smashed to pieces and stranding them on Lost Island would have been enough of an adventure,” Anderson said, “but that was only the beginning. ‘River Rampage’ is the third book in the series, and the boys’ summer is hardly half over.” Marilyn Rockett, executive editor of Homeschooling Today Magazine, said, “Some have said that Sam Cooper Adventures are like good family movies, and Anderson brings his award-winning film and video production experience to the written page in stories that will encourage boys to read.” River Rampage was released June 1. See the River Rampage video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxoWP4QmVJQ Books for Boys Blog http://booksandboys.blogspot.com
