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Joshua Files Reviews
"This series is destined to be a hit. Not only is the non-stop action enthralling, but the many mysteries and unanswered questions will have the reader begging for the rest of the series." Library Media Connection
"An exciting adventure and coming-of-age story with plot twists and cliffhanger chapter endings that will keep you up all night to finish ." San Jose Mercury News
"The end-of-the-world scenario is hard to resist, and appealing Josh makes a solid hero" Booklist
"An enthralling, satisfying read that will leave its audience hungry for future installments" Books for Keeps
"A satisfyingly twisty plot" Financial Times
"Heart-pumping...it wouldn't surprise us if this becomes one of the top titles of the year" lovereading4kids
"A splendid adventure story of UFOs, ancient Mayan documents and a lost city." Mail on Sunday
"A gripping survival story." Daily Telegraph
"Really grabs your attention." Sunday Express
"A fast-paced, first-person thriller." Financial Times
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The Joshua Files is a series of teen thrillers written by Mexican-born author M. G. (Maria Guadalupe) Harris.
In The Joshua Files: Invisible City, a British teenager, Josh Garcia, discovers that he’s linked with a secret society descended from the ancient Mayans. This group, who live in the ‘invisible city’ of the title, protect ancient secrets about the coming events of 2012. Josh is propelled into a world of government conspiracies, secret societies and the lost knowledge of an ancient civilisation.
The first book, Invisible City, published by Scholastic Children's Books was the fastest-selling debut in children's fiction in the UK for 2008 ("The Joshua Files" in Oxford Times, 2008). The second installment, Ice Shock was launched at St Gregory the Great School, Oxford ("Pupils help launch Oxford author's new book" in Oxford Mail 2008), which in the story is also the school attended by the main character Josh.
Foreign rights have been so far sold in eighteen territories, with sixteen international editions already published by 2011, including in French, German, Spanish, Polish, Indonesian, Japanese and Vietnamese.
The Joshua Files was one of the first UK children's book series to feature an online Alternate Reality Game when in March 2009, The Descendant was launched alongside Ice Shock. The Joshua Files's ARG was included in top ARG site's list of most-talked about games of 2009.
Book 4, Dark Parallel, was published in the UK on 7 April 2011.
Here is a selection of reviews of The Joshua Files.
Background to the world of Joshua
In this section you can find more about the background of Josh Garcia's world - about the ancient Maya and Mayan myths in popular culture like The Joshua Files, about 2012, about music and cars referenced in The Joshua Files.