The Hour of the Outlaw

The latest in the critically acclaimed, authentically detailed series transports readers back to the California Gold Rush.

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When Xavier, Xanthe, Nina, and Rowan are sent after a time-travel runaway to the California Gold Rush, they’re faced with some of their toughest challenges yet: testy gunslingers, greedy prospectors, and worse, a society that doesn’t treat all of its members equally. But if they work together as a team, they can find their missing time traveler and, in the process, uncover the dangerous secret behind the Owatannauk Hotel’s time-bending powers.

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Full of Wild West adventure, the latest entry in Maiya Williams’s series also offers readers a thought-provoking portrait of a time that was even more complex and colorful than most may realize.

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Awards and praise for the trilogy

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A Book Sense Pick

International Reading Association Fiction Award

Southern California Booksellers Association Children’s Book Prize

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?Fun . . . for all lovers of fantasy, and the diversity is welcome.” ?Detroit News and Free Press

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?One of the few fantasies with any African American characters . . .” ?Booklist

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?Fills the gap between Harry Potter and A Series of Unfortunate Events.” ?Time Out New York Kids

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Maiya Williams was an editor and vice president of the Harvard Lampoon and a writer for the TV shows Rugrats and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. She is currently a writer and producer for MAD TV and lives with her husband, three children, a Labrador retriever, a Schnorkie, two guinea pigs, and a variety of fish in Pacific Palisades, California. This is her third novel, a sequel to her critically acclaimed books The Golden Hour and The Hour of the Cobra.