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Here Comes Mr. Trouble (The Trouble Family Chronicles Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Brett Battles (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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ARE YOU LOSING THINGS?
ARE PEOPLE YOU KNOW ACTING STRANGE?
IS SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU MISSING???
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THINGS ARE BEYOND YOUR CONTROL?

ARE YOU IN…TROUBLE?

When Eric Morrison sees the advertisement, he doesn’t know which is more surprising—the ad’s sudden appearance or the fact that his answer to every question is YES!

Not only can’t he find things, but the bullies at school are suddenly picking on him for no reason, and, worse yet, his mother has disappeared but he seems to be the only one who’s noticed. Even his best friend Maggie thinks he’s only run into a little bad luck.

But if Eric thinks his life is upside down now, it’s nothing compared to what’s about to happen when Mr. Trouble and the Trouble family arrive to assist him in solving his problems.

One thing’s for sure—Eric will never see the world in the same way again.


PRAISE FOR BRETT BATTLES’ ADULT FICTION:

“Brett Battles has established himself as one of today’s best thriller writers, right up there with Lee Child, Barry Eisler, and Thomas Perry.”—Deadly Pleasures magazine

“The best word I can use to describe his writing is addictive.”—James Rollins, author of the Sigma Force series

“Battles has a true gift for writing thrillers…”—Crimespree magazine

“The action is heart-pounding, gripping, and always engaging.”—Tucson Citizen

“Battles is a master storyteller.”—Sheldon Siegel, author of PERFECT ALIBI


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brett Battles lives in Los Angeles and is the Barry Award winning author of six adult thrillers. HERE COMES MR. TROUBLE is the first in his Trouble Family Chronicles series for younger readers.
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Brett Battles lives in Los Angeles and is the Barry Award winning author of six adult thrillers. HERE COMES MR. TROUBLE is the first in his Trouble Family Chronicles series for younger readers. More info available at www.brettbattles.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0050JL84I
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Checkers Industrial Safety ProductsNewRang (May 11, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 11, 2011
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Brett Battles is a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and Barry Award-winning author of forty novels, including the Jonathan Quinn series and its Excoms spinoff, the Project Eden series, and the time bending Rewinder series. He’s also the coauthor, with Robert Gregory Browne, of the Alexandra Poe series. He is one of the founding members of Killer Year, and is a member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. He lives and writes in Ventura County, California. More info available at www.brettbattles.com.

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James
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Read
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2011
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HERE COMES MR. TROUBLE, by Brett Battles, was not what I expected. Battles' other books (starting with THE CLEANER and his growing list of other series), all are fast-paced action thrillers with adult heros and villians. This book has the action and the fast-pace, but this book is about kids: clever, caring and capable kids who are thrust into fighting evil in a way that is both over-the-top and suspensefully entertaining at the same time.
As with Battles' other heros, Eric has a good heart. In fact, that's what gets him into trouble in the first place....and what eventually gets him out of it. But Eric is not, as I at first thought, Mr. Trouble. Eric's mom has gone away. He is losing things and being bullied. Suddenly, nothing is going right, and Eric does not believe his dad's explanation about his mom's disappearance. Eric wants his mom back, and he wants his life back. When the Trouble Family comes to help Eric, he learns the Trouble family secret--and they learn some surprises about Eric too. But you'll have to read that for yourself.
As a middle school teacher, I would recommend this book for readers around middle school aged and older. Battles has created a entire fascinating world with plenty of room for more books in this "Trouble Family" series. Even for an adult, this book was a fun read. For creativity, action, characters, plot and intrique, I give it five stars.
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Nicola Mansfield
4.0 out of 5 stars A well-written fun story I quickly found myself attached to the characters ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2015
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Brett Battles writes adult thrillers and even though I haven't read him before I have to admit when I picked up this middle-grade reader I thought it was going to be a mystery adventure. Instead, I was pleasantly charmed with this tale of pure delightful fantasy which had me hooked from the first chapter. A well-written fun story I quickly found myself attached to the characters and intrigued with the plot. It's fast-paced, humorous and unique. I was hardly half-way through the book when I was looking online for book 2, to unfortunately find there isn't a sequel. Obviously one was intended as even though the book has a definite ending, it is the perfect set-up for a series. I thoroughly enjoyed the adventures of the Trouble family, but it's a bit of a let down to not have another book to follow it up. I liked the writing so much though that I am going to try one of the author's thrillers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Here Comes Mr. Trouble - Brett Battles
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2012
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I would say I am an avid book reader. I test new authors out only if they come with a recommend from another avid reader. Thus my new favorite author Brett Battles, I started with his adult books and finished all of those and decided to try this "kid" book. This book held my attention, was quick-paced, entertaining, energentic, frentic, amusing, made me laugh out loud, and I could not put the book down until I was done. His character development is spot on. Mr Battles does not neglect charaters, nor scene, tension, or background set-up to tell a story, they all come along very well and tight. You cannot guess the outcomes (which I personnaly love) and he makes you want more from him, immediately. I am hoping the Mr. Trouble books become a long series of stand alone books for kids and adults alike.

The theme of this first (I hope) book is about dropping into depression and how kids can do that so quickly if all the wrong things stack up. This is a great book for tweens, to see how easy it is to make good/bad choices and that they have it in them to make good choices. I sent this one from my knidle to my girls kindles.. (subtle like a mack truck/lorrie)
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Lourdes
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2012
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First time reading Brett Battles work - and its' was great! I loved the banter between all the characters, in all honesty my least favorite relationship as Eric and Maggie's. Sure she was a non-believer but after what happened the first night you'd think she would have at least given it a chance, not to mention that for being someone's best friend you think she would have known more about what had been going on with Eric over the past few weeks and a little more self-absorbed. But then they were only 13 years old.

I am looking forward to the next book and what it holds, there has to be more cases that happen with the Troubles and Eric's help, as Mr. Trouble himself said, Eric has a gift and he can do something that they can't and it would help them all.

I think this is a good read for all that are into the UF/Scifi genre no matter your age.
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Rspellmann
5.0 out of 5 stars How delightful!
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2012
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I have to exclaim my excitement and delight over this book. If you read my other reviews (which I decided to discontinue because of the incendiary reviews of my review by people who only like their own opinions) you can tell I want a wholesome and innocent story for entertainment. This book is a real find. Really creative with a rapid pace and a good set of values. My kind of book. Highly recommended for kids of all ages. To you, Mr Battles, I give my appreciation and admiration. Write on! I'm ready to read more.

Immediately after writing the opinion above I searched for more of Mr Battles books and found the Jonathan Quinn series. I observed The Cleaner has very mixed reviews. Interesting. I am going to purchase The Cleaner anyway and form my own opinion. But, it certainly won't change my opinion of Here Comes Mr. Trouble, I can recommend that book unreservedly. I'll offer an opinion of The Cleaner soon.

Well, The Cleaner was written to a different audience, I suppose. I returned it. I look forward to what Mr Battle may write in any sequel for the Trouble Family. I've read some other sequels that are dramatically different. I sincerely hope I can write another glowing review of any Trouble Family episode.
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Bernard
2.0 out of 5 stars Wrong target
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2013
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I bought it because I'v enjoyed M. Battles books. However this is clarly a book for adolescents and shoud have been prsented as such. For that market it seems a good and amusing book
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Debra M.
4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2022
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I wasn’t sure what to expect when I got this book other than being confident I’d love it because it’s by Brett Battles. It turned out to be a nice break from the usual adult mystery and intrigue! Set around a very likable middle schooler and his “troubles,” the story keeps you pretty entertained.
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AlexVirtually
3.0 out of 5 stars A new series - interesting setup, but trying too hard
Reviewed in Germany on July 3, 2013
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I am a great fan of Brett Battles Quinn Series, so I am probably not the Young Adult target group of Mr. Battles latest work. But I tried it out. The setup is original, I can give him so much: a family carrying on an age old tradition to save people from some sort of netherworld danger. It has some funny moments, however there are some issues with the structure and dramatics, that almost made me put away the book twice. For once, Mr. Battles tries too hard to get his hero into dangerous situations every second chapter. It works in the beginning for three or four times but then after 12 chapters becomes predictable, as it is always clear that everything will turn out all right for everyone. A little too common that formular.
When the second book comes out, I'll probably give it a second chance. Probably.
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