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Adventure mystery books for kids 8–12.
Stories that end before you're ready — and stay long after they do.
JOE GIANT'S NEW ADVENTURE SERIES
A waypoint is a fixed point you navigate toward before you know what comes next. Every book is one. The story doesn't end. It redirects.
📚 THE WAYPOINT CHRONICLES
Three books. Three matched Activity Books. Verified readers unlock a Coloring Book — free with your verified purchase. The adventure goes deeper than the page.
And when you're done — a 5-star review on Amazon helps Joe Giant keep writing the books you love. 🧢
Book 1 · Ages 8–12 · Coming Summer 2026
Eleven-year-old Cass finds a trail map in her grandfather's attic — drawn in ink that shifts depending on who is holding the map. One word marks the destination: WAYPOINT.
Book 2 · Ages 8–12 · Coming Fall 2026
Joe Giant finds seven numbers carved into a boulder. Every time he returns to the stone there is one less number. What happens when there are no more numbers?
Book 3 · Ages 8–12 · Coming Winter 2026
Joe Giant intercepts a transmission from an abandoned mountain station deep in the mountains — and the voice knows his name. A frequency nobody uses. The last signal asked for help, but it's been snowing for 19 days.
Book 4 · Coming 2027
Joe Giant won't say the title. Won't say the setting. He said — and this is a direct quote — "You're not ready. But you will be." Join the Reader Club to be first to know when the reveal happens.
The clue: "What goes up a mountain with four legs in the morning, reaches the top with two, and comes back down with three — and this time it isn't a riddle."
Buy the matching Chapter Book and Activity Book from the same release — Book 1 with Book 1, Book 2 with Book 2. Then email screenshots of both Amazon order detail pages to [email protected] with the subject line "Get my free coloring book". Each screenshot must show the book title, order number, date purchased, and shipping address. (Your information is kept 100% private and used only for this giveaway.)
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Orange hats. Trail shirts. Dog gear. Notebooks for the trail. Gear that looks and feels like the books — because that's the only kind worth wearing. The store is being built right now.
When it opens, Reader Club members get first access and a launch discount. Another reason to join.
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Joe Giant built these so readers could live inside the story world before the books even launch. Pick one and go.
WHO IS JOE GIANT?
Joe Giant grew up where the air is thin and the silence is loud. Somewhere in the American mountains, in a home where honesty was expected and hard work was just how things were done. He was always the top student — quietly, without making noise about it.
He notices things other people miss. A hidden path through the trees. The way clouds stack before a storm. The exact spot where a trail bends around a cliff for a reason nobody's explained yet. Joe Giant is curious about everything — and once he starts wondering, he has to go find the answer.
Wherever he goes, a notebook goes with him. Trail maps he draws himself. Notes from hikes. Strange things. Funny things. The moments most people forget before they get home. What started as a way to remember eventually became something else entirely — stories.
About mountains. About mystery trails. About what you find when you keep going a little farther than everyone else.
"I'm not a writer. I'm just a kid who records what happens — and sometimes what might happen — when adventure begins." — Joe Giant
Adventure mystery books for kids 8–12.
Stories that end before you're ready — and stay long after they do.
Three chapter books · Three activity books · Free coloring book with verified purchase
Buy the matching Chapter Book and Activity Book from the same release — Book 1 with Book 1, Book 2 with Book 2. Submit them through the Readers Club and receive that book's Coloring Book free.
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