The Lost Property Office

Jack Buckles is not like other kids.  He senses are overwhelmed by information everywhere he goes which is why he tries to distract himself with games on his phone most of the time.  He has traveled to London with his mother and younger sister because his father has gone missing.

When his sister wanders after a man who looks like their father, Jack gets swept up in a great adventure.  The kids somehow find themselves in The Lost Property Office, a strange combination of old and new, this is just the place he needs to be.  Here he meets Gwen who takes him off an adventure to find out the truth about his father and what he was doing when he disappeared.

Jack's father wasn't a salesman after all.  He was a tracker.  The twelfth in a long line of trackers who use their heightened senses to find things lost to history.  Jack realizes that his heightened senses are a gift instead of a curse if he uses them instead of trying to repress them.  Together with Gwen, Jack discovers his father's disappearance is connected to the Great Fire of London and a long-hidden secret about the fire's origin.

James Hannibal series opener is a thrilling fantasy adventure with its rooted planted firmly in the past.  Give this to kids who like a good story they can sink their teeth into!