“Grandpa, where does wire come from?” Six-year-old Rose asked as she sat on his lap watching him solder a small, red wire into place on his ham radio. “Peru,” he said, “Wire comes from Peru. It grows on trees in the Amazon.” “Oh Grandpa! You’re so silly!” Now, “on vacation” with her parents and their “chauffer/bodyguard” Richard, twelve-year-old Rose is determined to help them discover the real reason why the wire needed to upgrade The Agency computers has been delayed. With the help of her new friend, Paolo, Rose stumbles onto a terrorist plot that threatens to unleash chaos on the entire US economy. Recalling the stories her grandfather used to tell when she was six, Rose is reminded again that there is indeed some truth to every story. An action adventure story for all ages, The Wire Forests of Peru is especially suited for preteen and early teen audiences. Told in First Person by Rose herself the story takes us from Grandpa’s workshop to the copper mines in the Andes mountains and finally Machu Picchu as Rose and Paolo struggle to get the information to her parents before its too late. Like Grandpa’s stories, The Wire Forests of Peru, the second book of the Ramblin’ Rose series, plants the seeds of curiosity in young people that help them discover the world and think for themselves while being entertained just as young Rose was back in Grandpa’s workshop so long ago.

Especially appealing to preteen and early teen readers, this fictional action adventure story told in first person, touches on world trade, politics and the importance of thinking for yourself as twelve-year-old Rose embarks on a quest to replace a rare porcelain plate and learns the truth about her grandfather’s stories. “Porcelain Mines in Russia? Whoever heard of such a thing?” Even at six-years of age, Rose could spot a tall tale, but Grandpa had a way of making them sound real. He always told her there was some truth in every story and it was up to her to find it. Now the editor of her school newsletter, Rose was about to find out how right he was! A tug-of-war with her dog, Samson The Great, results in a collision with her mother’s china cabinet, culminating in a sickening crash that leads twelve-year-old Rose on a journey of self discovery as she and her aunt Susan embark on a mission to replace a very important plate. Arriving in New York they soon discover they are not alone in their quest and become the hostages of a renegade Russian agent. Kidnapped and flown to Russia, Susan and Rose are separated. Now Rose learns the value of art and friends as she struggles to evade her captors and finds out the truth about her grandfather’s stories. There really are porcelain mines in Russia!