About the Book The Girl Who Raced the World
A page-turning adventure, bringing Jules Vernes classic Around the World in
Eighty Days to life for young readers with a thrilling new twist.
You must take every day, every hour, every minute one tick at a time.
It is 1872 and, when Maggie Appletons beloved mother dies, she is left with
nothing but a letter for a mysterious stranger called Passepartout. With nowhere
else to turn, Maggie seeks out Passepartout and, in doing so, is drawn into an
adventure beyond her wildest dreams. Together with Passepartouts employer, the
enigmatic Mr Phileas Fogg, Maggie journeys to