Why a Booktrail?
A charming tale for young and old about the community of French taxi drivers! Second in the Adventures of Mac series.
Mac On The Road To Marseille
What you need to know before your trail
Fifteen-year-old Mackenzie has come to Paris to attend the wedding of her dad’s old friend. It’s there he find out about the annual New Year’s taxi road rally, this year hosted by the so called ‘Marseille Marauders’, who are known for their nasty ways.
Telling her parents she’s off to see cars in the French countryside, she partners up with cabbie Blag Lebouef, to see this death-defying cutthroat road race for herself.
Twisty turning roads in the French countryside, awful weather, signs that seem cryptic and a whole lot of sabotage, the taxi trauma is not going to be easy.
And where is this journey leading to exactly? Finding that the clues could lead to the discovery of some valuable and missing artwork. Is that worth losing the rally over?
Travel Guide
Imagine being 15 and whizzing along French roads on a taxi rally on the search for clues of lost art works….
Thrills and spills as we go from Paris all the way to Marseille and via Arles and the paintings and art works associated with many French cities
Arty locations as well as a taxi ride you’ll never forget.
This is a tour of France with a difference – quirky, and it gives you a very interesting view of the art works and museums up and down the country. Van Gogh painted a bedroom in Arle, the copy of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre may or may not be wearing a watch..
He stopped briefly and glanced at the jewel of the great Louvre museum, the Mona Lisa…
…without dwelling further on her mystery, he hastily removed the side of her glass case and carefully extracted the world’s most famous painting. From the shaft of his cane, he unrolled her near twin…
Booktrailer Review
Susan:
Might be for kids but it made us laugh and wish we could have an adventure like that. I also want to go to Arles and Saint Paul de Vence now! I loved the smattering of French too as it really places you right in the heart of the French linguistic setting too. Although after this read, if you weren’t wary of French taxi drivers beforehand you might be after this!
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