About the Book: The year is 1872. When Maggie Appleton loses her mother, she is left with only a mysterious letter addressed to a stranger named Passepartout. With nowhere else to go, Maggie finds Passepartout and is immediately swept into an adventure far beyond her imagination. Alongside Passepartout’s employer, the enigmatic Mr. Phileas Fogg, Maggie embarks on a daring, globally-spanning race against the clock to win Fogg’s impossible wager, journeying through Italy, India, Hong Kong, Japan, and America. But as they rush to keep on schedule, Maggie finds their journey complicated by a loose bank robber, an angry Inspector on their trail, and unread secrets hidden within her mother’s letter. With so much more at stake than the bet, Maggie must discover who she can truly trust and if she will ever find where she truly belongs.