New Book About Young Runaways

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Loves Park, Illinois, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) February 27, 2011 -- Barney and the Runaway is a NEW book you will want to know about. It releases nationally today, March 1, from Comfort Publishing and is written by Max Elliot Anderson.

There is nothing funny about young runaways in America today. The National Runaway Switchboard is a hotline that handles more than 100,000 calls each year. It is with this alarming statistic in mind that a new book, Barney and the Runaway, is published.

Author Max Elliot Anderson tells us, “The idea behind this action-adventure for readers 8 and up is to draw attention to respect for parents and positive discipline. I thought it would be interesting to show a character who starts out by pretending to run away so his parents would miss him. He’s tired of them telling him what to do, or punishing him when he disobeyed.”

This story becomes more complicated when Michael Ellis and his little dog Barney climb up into a railroad box car filled with hay. They intend to stay there only long enough for his parents to start worrying about him.

“But things get much more complicated,” Anderson continued, “when the boy and his dog fall asleep in the soft hay. A train backs into his car to hook it onto its long line of other cars. The force of that impact jolts Michael’s box car, slamming the massive sliding door shut. Now he and Barney are prisoners.”

The train caries Michael and Barney clear across the country until they finally stop somewhere in Georgia, in the middle of the night. There Mike meets a grown up runaway who is now a clown in the circus. Big Bob helps to teach Mike that you don’t always know how good things are until they’re gone.

“Barney becomes the star of the circus,” Anderson said, “and this causes Mike to consider staying in the circus for good. And it’s Mike and Barney who save the circus from men who intend to destroy it. Then Big Bob reveals a secret about his life that changes everything for Mike.” Here are some early comments on this new book.

Wayne Walker, Homeschool Book Review says, “There is much to commend it. Of course, it is filled with action, mystery, and excitement that will keep both boys and girls turning the pages to see what happens next. But there are also important lessons that children will be able to discern along with Mike, such as the importance of family and the fact that we often don't appreciate what we have until it's gone.”

Lin Harris adds, “Mr. Anderson packs into this superb 5-star story the intrigue, mystery, and timeless life lessons that "tweens" will enjoy and parents will feel comfortable to read aloud.”

And Viviane Crystal said, “Barney and The Runaway is a great adventure story that is unpredictable and fascinating on every page. It's a great addition to the already terrific novels written by this very talented fiction author!!!”

Best selling author Jerry B. Jenkins reports, “Max Elliot Anderson brings a lifetime of dramatic film and video production to the pages of his action adventures and mysteries."

If you’re looking for books that young readers won’t want to put down until the very end, look no further. Several more titles are planned for release in 2011.

Adults will appreciate Barney and the Runaway…but kids are going to love it!

Barney and the Runaway releases on March 1 from Comfort Publishing. Mr. Anderson’s Books for Boys Blog is located at http://booksandboys.blogspot.com and his author Web Site can be found at http://www.maxbooks.9k.com

Biography: Max Elliot Anderson

Max Elliot Anderson grew up as a struggling, reluctant reader. Using his extensive experience in the production of motion pictures, videos, and television commercials, he brings the same visual excitement and heart-pounding action to his adventure and mystery stories, written especially for boys. Both boys and girls have reported that reading one of his books is like being in an exciting movie.

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