Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 11: The Theft of the Samurai Sword: Japan

In the next exciting installment of the series, Jack travels to Japan, where under the cover of darkness, a band of ninja thieves has stolen some of the country's most priceless treasures, including an ancient samurai sword. Can Secret Agent Jack Stalwart take on the gang before the treasures are lost forever? From Kenya to Cambodia, the United States to China, each book in this exciting series focuses on a different destination and provides interesting geographical and historical facts as each tale begins. Jack Stalwart is an ordinary schoolboy who volunteers for daring secret agent work with the Global Protection Force when his older brother Max disappears on an undercover mission. Each evening at 7:30, Jack's miniature globe Wizzy spits out a puzzle piece that he inserts into his magical map that dispatches him to another exotic location to solve a mystery, uncover a crime, right a wrong, and still get back in time to finish his homework! Armed only with a backpack loaded with ingenious gadgets and his common sense, Jack travels throughout the world, always hoping each mission will supply him with clues to his brother's whereabouts.

Elizabeth Singer Hunt is originally from New Orleans and now lives in San Francisco. She moved to the UK in 1999 for an MA in South-east Asian studies and then worked in brand marketing. Inspired by her love of travel and the birth of her son, she created the Jack Stalwart series. Originally published by the author under the imprint Chubby Cheeks, the Jack Stalwart series sold over 10,000 in the UK before being bought by Random House UK, which has sold over 56,000 of its editions.