Whizbang Machine Series

Book 1

Everything changes the sweltering summer of 2007 for fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Yale. When Elizabeth's father, Jesse, dies suddenly and with explanation her happy existences falls apart. Her grandfather, Jack Yale disappears in the middle of the night, unable to deal with the death of his son. During his travels, Jack spies an antique typewriter that he swears calls his granddaughter's names. Despite Jack's desperate attempt to purchase the machine, the merchant refuses, claiming he has been tasked with finding the machines' rightful owner. After several dreams and bizarre mishaps, Jack returns to the merchant armed with the information he is seeking. The adventure that ensures will have readers on a wild chase for the truth from the United States to the Netherlands. The first book in this series will have you begging for more. After years of running from his tragic past, Jack Yale books a flight home. With him is a typewriter that is intended to be a gift for his granddaughter, Elizabeth. The minute Elizabeth's fingers cradle the large black and cream keys the machine responses: popping, sizzling, and roaring to life with a Whiz-Whiz-BANG!
Elizabeth quickly discovers the typewriter has powers beyond anything she has ever seen. The more she types, the more the machine spells out guarded secrets that need to be revealed in order to set history straight and remove a curse that has been on their family for centuries. To solve the mystery, Elizabeth Yale, alongside Jack, will have to crack the code of the Whizbang Machine. What they find challenges their most basic assumptions of their family, the history of the typewriter, and even Elizabeth's father's death. The ultimate goal is to remove the curse. The question is: will Jack and Elizabeth be able to carry out their mission?

Book 2

Tunney's Curse

by Danielle A Vann

Published 1 August 2017

15-year-old Elizabeth Yale clings to life. Her plan to save The Whizbang machine backfires. As her grandfather Jack feverishly works to save her, the Whizbang factory begins to topple down around them. Narrowly escaping, the pair realizes The Whizbang Machine is missing. As Tunney's Curse rages out of control, no one in the quaint Dutch town of Leiden is safe, and no one is free from suspicion either. Jack and Elizabeth must follow the clues Elizabeth's deceased father, Jesse, left behind to unravel the secrets of George Tunney's shady past and stop the curse. This all must be done before Elizabeth's mother's 40th birthday--which is mere days away. As they dig, the pair, alongside Detective Henry, are sent on a wild chase that takes them into the dark underbelly of the Netherlands, into the city's canals looking for a sunken clock, through the private chambers of a Queen, and into the dark face of danger. Each new secret exposed only deepens the mystery. Will they gather the clues and stop the curse in time? Is someone among them really working for the other side? Will someone fall to the curse once and for all?

Awards:

2017 International Literary Classics Writing Awards gold medal2017 New York Book Festival runner-up2017 Hollywood Book Festival honorable mention2017 Literary Classics Seal of Approval2017 International Readers' Favorite Awards Young Adult Mystery category honorable mention