#ShareAReviewDay with Darlene Foster – Amanda In New Mexico

/ Marcia Meara

Today, our first guest is Darlene Foster, who is sharing a lovely review of her book, Amanda in New Mexico. I know you’ll enjoy this review, and will share it on all your social media. Thanks!

Review by Patricia Tilton of Children’s Books Heal

Amanda in New Mexico: Ghosts in the Wind
Suitable for Ages: 9-12
Themes: Adventure, School trip, New Mexico, Haunted hotel, Ancient pueblo, Ghosts

Synopsis
Amanda Ross is on a school trip to Taos, New Mexico with several of her fellow creative students. She shares a room with Cleo, an anxious classmate who insists she see ghosts. Although Amanda is determined to prove there is no such things, she can’t seem to shake the feeling that something or someone is watching her.

Join Amanda, Cleo and their funny friend, Caleb, as they visit a rugged and beautiful landscape where a traditional hacienda, an ancient pueblo, and a haunted and spooky hotel all hold secrets to a wild and violent past.

Does Cleo really see ghosts? Can Amanda escape the eerie wind that follows her everywhere? Perhaps The Day of the Dead will reveal the mysteries of Taos in this latest and adventure of Amanda’s travels series.

Why I like this book:

Darlene Foster has written another lively adventure story for young readers who enjoy traveling, exploring and solving a good mystery. Fans of the Amanda Travels series won’t be disappointed with this fast-paced book which will keep them on edge with a spooky plot and unexplained events.

The story is character driven. Amanda is a fun, upbeat, curious, caring and memorable character that readers will want as a friend — especially since she has keen radar and is always ready to solve a good mystery.  And, Amanda can’t resist a good mystery — even if it involves ghosts, cold breezes brushing her shoulders and unexpected incidents. Her friend Cleo is more sensitive to the presences around and finds it safer to sketch the sites they visit instead of explore. Caleb is more pragmatic, the group photographer and a good balance for Amanda.

Readers will learn about history, geography, architecture, artifacts and shiver at the presence of ghosts that are rumored to be haunting many of the places they visit in Taos — the Mable Dodge Luhan house, the Governor Bent Museum, the Taos Pueblo, the Rio Grande Gorge and bridge, Ojo Caliente hot springs, the Palisade Sills, the St. James Hotel, and the Enchanted Circle Pottery. They will have an opportunity to attend the Day of the Dead celebration.

Amanda in New Mexico: Ghosts in the Wind is the sixth book in the Amanda Travels series: Amanda in Arabia: The Perfume Flask; Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting; Amanda in England: The Missing Novel; Amanda in Alberta: The Writing on the Stone; and Amanda on the Danube: The Sounds of Music.  I recommend you start with the first book, but  Foster has written the books in such a manner that they can be read in any order.

By Amanda in New Mexico HERE


Author Darlene Foster

As a young girl, Darlene Foster dreamt of writing, travelling the world, and meeting interesting people. She also believed in making her dreams come true. It’s no surprise she’s now the award-winning author of Amanda Travels, a children’s adventure series about a spunky twelve-year-old who loves to travel to unique places.  Readers from seven to seventy enjoy travelling with Amanda as she unravels one mystery after another. A world traveller herself, Darlene spends her time on the west coast of Canada and the Costa Blanca, in Spain.

Visit Darlene at her website HERE

 

 

29 thoughts on “#ShareAReviewDay with Darlene Foster – Amanda In New Mexico”

    • You are very welcome, Darlene. It’s a lovely, comprehensive review, and I know everyone here will enjoy reading it. If there is anything that needs to be corrected or changed, just let me know. I’ll be gone for a couple of hours over lunch, but here most of the day and can tweak, if need be. Thanks for taking part in #ShareAReviewDay! 🙂 ❤

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  2. Lovely review by Patricia. I hadn’t realised there are so many in the series.The protagonist, Amanda, is just the kind of character young girls will love.Thanks for sharing, Marcia. Lovely to learn a little more about you, Darlene.Great idea for posts.

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  10. Wonderful start to this series with Darlene. And congrats Darlene on a beautiful review. ❤ Marsh, please feel free to share all the review posts in the Literary Divas Library on FB. ❤

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