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"Be prepared to learn a lot about the culture while you follow Amanda on her adventure.ââLaura Best, author, Bitter, SweetâWhat a great way for a young person to learn about a culture and to be inspired to experience other countries themselves."âIrene Butler, author, Trekking the Globe with Mostly Gentle FootstepsAmanda is in Holland to see the tulips with her best friend, Leah. They travel the canals of Amsterdam, visit Anne Frank House, check out windmills, tour a wooden shoe factory, and take many pictures of the amazing flowers of Keukenhof Gardens. She is keen to find out what happened to her great uncle who never returned from WWII and was declared missing in action. What she doesnât expect to find and fall in love with is Joey, an abandoned puppy. While trying to find a home for him, she meets Jan, a Dutch boy who offers to help, a suspicious gardener, a strange woman on a bicycle, and an overprotective goose named Gerald.Follow Amanda around the charming country of Holland, filled with colourful tulips, windmills, and more bicycles than she could have imagined. Once again, intrepid traveller Amanda encounters danger and intrigue as she tries to solve more than one mystery in a foreign country.Be sure to read all the books in this exciting Amanda Travels series! 1. Amanda in Arabia: The Perfume Flask2. Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting3. Amanda in England: The Missing Novel4. Amanda in Alberta: The Writing on the Stone5. Amanda on the Danube: The Sounds of Music6. Amanda in New Mexico: Ghosts in the Wind7. Amanda in Holland: Missing in Action8. Amanda in Malta: The Sleeping LadyReview QuoteâAdventure, mystery and friendshipâI loved learning about Holland through the eyes of Amanda and Leah!ââAlex Lyttle, Author of The Rise of Winter and From Ant to EagleReview QuoteâThe story is told in a conversational voice that will draw all readers in and deftly mixes the cultural details with how Amanda engages in and solves the mystery.ââJacqui Murray, author of Born in a Treacherous TimeReview QuoteâI had to smile as page after page the essence of the country is superbly captured through Amandaâs eyes.ââIrene Butler, author and travel writerBiographical NoteBrought up on a ranch in southern Alberta, Darlene Foster dreamt of writing, travelling the world and meeting interesting people. She also believes everyone is capable of making their dreams come true. Itâs no surprise that sheâs now an award-winning author of the childrenâs Amanda Travels Adventure series, and divides her time between the west coast of Canada and Orihuela Costa, in Spain.An Amanda Travels Adventure series! 1. Amanda in Arabia: The Perfume Flask2. Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting3. Amanda in England: The Missing Novel4. Amanda in Alberta: The Writing on the Stone5. Amanda on the Danube: The Sounds of Music6. Amanda in New Mexico: Ghosts in the Wind7. Amanda in Holland: Missing in Action8. Amanda in Malta: The Sleeping Lady