It Happened on a Train

Retired private detective and current seventh grader Steve Brixton has a new career: taking out the garbage on Wednesdays for five bucks a week. But it’s hard to leave the old game behind, and on a train trip down the California coast, Steve finds himself pulled back into sleuthing. Soon he’s in over his head in four feet and eleven inches of mystery involving a fleet of priceless automobiles, a deadly assassin (or maybe just a faulty lock on a sauna door), and a secret train car filled with intrigue. Plus there’s a girl involved, which complicates everything. I mean she’s just Steve’s friend. And really, they barely even know each other. It’s not like they’re boyfriend or girlfriend or anything, okay?

Mac Barnett?is the author of the Brixton Brother series and several picture books, including?Guess Again!?and?Chloe and the Lion?(both illustrated by Adam Rex), and the?New York Times?bestseller?Extra Yarn. He’s on the board of directors of 826LA, a nonprofit writing center, and founded the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a convenience store for time travelers. Mac lives in Oakland, California.

Adam Rex?is the?New York Times?bestselling author and illustrator of?Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich. His other books include?The True Meaning of Smekday, which was made into the hit animated movie?Home;?Moonday; and?School’s First Day of School, illustrated by Christian Robinson. He also illustrated the Brixton Brothers series,?Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem,?Chloe and the Lion, and?How This Book Was Made, all by Mac Barnett, and?Chu’s Day, by Neil Gaiman. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. Visit him at AdamRex.com or follow him on Twitter @MrAdamRex.