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EXPLORER ACADEMY

EXPLORER ACADEMY
SERIES II: VELA

THE UNBREAKABLE BOND 

Now an agent for the Biota, a secret government organization devoted to fighting environmental crime, Sailor is hot on the trail of her sister, Keel, who's been kidnapped. But rescuing her won't be easy, especially if the diabolical Dr. Chenille Sarazin, has anything to say about it. Backed by Hydrus, a powerful animal trafficking ring, Sarazin has created a new device that will tip the scales in favor of poachers. It's up to Sailor, Cruz, Emmett, and Lani to stop her (with a little help from Fanchon). Can they do it in time to save the endangered animals and Keel? Find out in the second book in the EXPLORER ACADEMY VELA series.

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ON SALE
JUNE 3rd

Book 2

Pre-order your copy of THE UNBREAKABLE BOND from Brick & Mortar Books in Redmond, WA and get a FREE Explorer Academy mission postcard featuring one of the four main characters (Cruz, Lani, Emmett, or Sailor) and an exploration pathway. While supplies last!

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  Book Release Event!

Come join talented author Jenna Lee-Yun and me as we chat about our new books at Brick & Mortar Books on Sunday June 1st at 2 PM. Jenna writes the gripping THE LAST RHEE WITCH series. This is a great time to pick up your summer reads. We'll have games and giveaways, too! For full event details click HERE.​

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THE SAILOR CIPHER 

Book 1

Fresh off winning the North Star, the award given to the Academy's most promising first-year explorer, Sailor York is excited to be back at school with her friends, until a long-buried secret threatens to destroy everything she's worked so hard to achieve. Then, as if things aren't complicated enough, Sailor's older sister, Keel, goes missing! Sailor enlists her closest friends and teammates, Cruz, Emmett, and Lani to aid in the rescue, a move that plunges the explorers into the dark and dangerous world of animal trafficking. More codes, puzzles, and mysteries await in the first book in this new EXPLORER ACADEMY series from National Geographic! For ages 8 and up.

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JOIN THE ADVENTURE FROM THE BEGINNING! 

EXPLORER ACADEMY
SERIES I: ORION

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  Click HERE to read more about each book in the series

SERIES II: VELA

The explorers return for their second year at the Academy with Cruz's close friend and teammate, Sailor York, now in the spotlight (the story is told from her point of view).

Sailor may be a top explorer, but she is also hiding a big secret, and it's about to plunge her family and the explorers into more danger than ever!

Check out VELA, the new Explorer Academy spinoff series from National Geographic. For ages 8 and up.
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Visit ExplorerAcademy.com for book excerpts, character info, codebreaking games, explorer videos, and more!

Click HERE to watch an
exclusive EA cartoon short.

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Art by Khadijah Khatib, National Geographic
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A u t h o r   B i o

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