The Circus of Adventure (Adventure Series)

Why on earth did Bill have to bring Gustavus on vacation? Neither Jack nor Kiki the parrot like the boy at all, but when Gustavus is kidnapped, Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, and Jack must bravely travel to a faraway country and unravel a plot to kill the king. Who is the strange pompous boy whom Bill has invited to his home for the holidays? The children soon discover that he is a prince, named Aloysius Gramondie, and has enemies on his trail. The enemies want to overthrow his uncle, who is too strong a ruler for his enemies, and to place the prince, who is just 11 years old, on the throne as a puppet ruler. Jack and Kiki find themselves following the others who are kidnapped and taken to a strange country of Tauri Hessia; but they find help in a circus, and with his new friends Jack will soon decide the fate of an entire nation. When a young foreign boy, Gustavus, who is with them on holiday is kidnapped, Phillip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, Jack, and Kiki the parrot follow the kidnappers to a strange land and uncover a plot to assassinate the king