Adventures Down Under
7 primary works
Book 1
Book 1 in the Adventures Down Under for middle-grade readers. Patrick McWaid's father is framed for a crime and sentenced to an Australian prison in the 1860s. But when their whole family arrives in Australia, Patrick's father has disappeared!
Book 2
Book 2 in the Adventures Down Under for middle-grade readers. Bushrangers take Patrick's sister hostage, then Patrick is captured. Can they find a way to stop the bounty hunters' terrible plan?
Book 3
Book 3 in the Adventures Down Under series for middle-grade readers. Patrick McWaid continues to search for his father in the 1860s Australia, but heavy rains make river travel perilous and threaten their lives.
Book 4
In late 19th-century Australia, as tension mounts between the white settlers and a band of aborigines at Dingo Creek, thirteen-year-old Patrick takes sides when he helps teach the aborigines how to play cricket.
Book 5
Thirteen-year-old Patrick McWaid and his entire family must rush to raise his grandfather's paddle steamer from the river bottom, repair her and deliver her to her new half owner or his grandfather will lose his remaining half ownership. Along the way they face adventures typical of Australia in th
Book 6
During the drought-stricken year of 1869, Michael McWaid gets swept away by a hot-air balloon along with his brother Patrick, and the boys must make their way home in spite of dust storms and a devastating fire that nearly destroys the city of Wentworth, Australia
Book 8
Book 8 of Adventures Down Under. Trouble is brewing aboard the McWaid's family paddle steamer. When Patrick's friend Jeff begins acting strange, Patrick must uncover the secret, even if he must visit the dangerous Collingswood Asylum.