Back To ListMac in the City of LightByChristopher WardPublished January 2013Paperback$ 8.99Paperback$ 8.99PDF$ 8.99ePub$ 3.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescriptionMac’s school trip to Paris turns into an adventure she never imagined. Fourteen-year-old California girl Mackenzie, known as Mac, goes on a school trip to Paris where she meets up with an old musician friend of her dad’s, Rudee Daroo, who now makes a living as a cab driver. Rudee reveals that some of the greatest monuments in Paris are being either destroyed or stolen and that the city is slowly becoming darker.Mac finds herself in league with a crew of crazy cabbies and their friends as she tries to right these wrongs. She encounters sinister, shadowy characters who live in the Paris underground, a philosopher gendarme, a gypsy who can dance people into dream states, and gargoyles come to life. From dodging her school group to a heart-stopping encounter atop Notre Dame Cathedral, Mac needs all the resources she can muster to help Paris remain the "City of Light." Of Related InterestDead BrilliantChristopher WardThe Plagues of KondarLynne KositskyMac on the Road to MarseilleChristopher WardOperation Josh TaylorMelody FitzpatrickOn a Slippery SlopeMelody FitzpatrickReviews Mac in the City of Light is an action-packed tale that gives young readers an intriguing glimpse of Parisian life and culture. It features numerous colourful characters, including Rudee Daroo with his great passion for beets and his odd but amusing sayings, and villains who are satisfyingly malicious.Canadian Materials magazineWith its fast pace and abundance of laughs, Mac’s adventure is a great page-turner.Quill & QuireThis slightly off-beat romp carries a whiff of steampunk, travelogue, and “Bridget does Paris” new-age style, all rolled into one.… The semi-fantastical events work to keep readers’ interest and give a coordinated alternate view of a city that has been marketed as “McParis” perhaps once too often.Resource LinksPreviousNextContributorsChristopher WardChristopher Ward, Canada’s original MuchMusic VJ, wrote the world-wide #1 hit “Black Velvet.” His songs have been recorded by Diana Ross, The Backstreet Boys, Amanda Marshall, and many others. He lives in Toronto and Los Angeles.View Author Page Book DetailsPaperbackJanuary 20135x8 in200 pp9781459706149PDFJanuary 2013-200 pp9781459706156ePubJanuary 2013-200 pp9781459706163