MAX QUICK: THE POCKET AND THE PENDANT is a new hardcover (and ebook) young adult novel coming from HarperCollins on May 1, 2011. 

When time stops all over the world, creating 'the Pocket' of time wherein basic physics are strangely altered, only Max Quick and a few other kids seem to unaffected.  While the rest of the world remains frozen around them, Max -- and Casey, Ian and Sasha -- find that it is up to them to discover how this has happened and reverse it. Along the way, they encounter 'magic' Books, ancient artifacts and other clues to the riddle of stopped time.  And Max finds that his own true identity may not be what he once believed.  Now he must embrace his past to save the future and prevent the very world from being altered forever ...

BUY THE BOOK (Pre-order for May 1, 2011):

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Ebooks (Available April 26, 2011)

Kindle       Nook    (also Apple iBookstore)

“Jeffrey’s descriptions of how time has stopped will stop readers in their own tracks. Plenty of action-adventure appeal.” -- Booklist

"Riveting.  The Pocket is not what you expect, no matter what you expect." -- New York Times Bestselling Author Scott Sigler

"A fabulous, fleet-footed adventure that goes by in a whoosh." -- New York Times Bestselling Author Kirstin Miller (The Eternal Ones, KIKI STRIKE series)

A Junior Library Guild selection

Fans of The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Ender's Game, His Dark Materials, Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl, etc. should feel right at home with this book.

 "A fresh, fun fascinating idea deftly brought to life.  With all its deeply felt adventure, MAX QUICK should quickly captivate young readers." -- James Jennewein and Tom S. Parker, authors of the Ruin Warriors trilogy.

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