The Clarence Duval Series by Rob Bauer (Books 1&2)
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Overview: A former college history professor, Rob Bauer now brings his considerable knowledge of the past into his historical novels. His books strike a balance of creative storytelling and meticulous historical accuracy. One of his books, The Buffalo Soldier, even contains some of his own original research about 1890s Montana. He writes a history blog on his website, robbauerbooks.com/blog, where he reviews historical fiction books and blogs about the historical influence of things as diverse as Martin Luther King, Jr., leaded gasoline, fascism, and mosquitoes.
Genre: Historical Fiction | Children's > Middle Grade


1. My Australian Adventure - It’s October of 1888, and Clarence Duval’s life has hit rock bottom.
Clarence is twelve years old, homeless, broke, an orphan, and, as of a couple hours ago, an unemployed actor. Stranded in Omaha, Nebraska with biting winter weather on the way, he’s contemplating his bleak future when the most unusual of opportunities arrives.
Out of the blue, Clarence gets a chance to do something any boy dreams of: travel the world. His companions, however, can be a problem. Several of them like to get drunk. Constantly. They become experts at getting Clarence into trouble. One is a businessman who devises a never-ending set of schemes to line his pockets. Others have more serious plans, like the Irish nationalist who wants to free the Emerald Isle from British rule. Even John Ward, outwardly the all-American boy, has skeletons in his closet.
The worst, however, are the companions who simply want to make Clarence miserable. You see, Clarence is an African American, and he’s fallen in with several hardcore racists who never wanted his company in the first place.
This leaves Clarence with a multitude of dilemmas. Not only must he maintain his dignity and win the respect of his companions, he must do so while surviving adventures in the warrens underneath San Francisco’s Chinatown, among the royalty of Hawaii, and after becoming a spy for one faction of his fellow travelers.
Share Clarence’s life as a social outcast in the cold, unforgiving world of the Gilded Age in book 1 of the Clarence Duval series, My Australian Adventure.
2. The World Traveler - In the continuation of My Australian Adventure, Clarence finishes his journey around the world as the mascot of the Spalding Tourists. Beginning in Australia, he and the teams travel to Ceylon, Egypt, Italy, France, the British Isles, and finally return home to America. Clarence’s adventures continue before the Great Sphinx, in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, and in front of British royalty. When the teams return to the States, the press hails Spalding and the ballplayers as conquering heroes, bathing them in patriotism and lionizing their achievement.
But what of Clarence? What will happen when he journeys alone through the streets of Cairo and Colombo, or enters the Roman Catacombs? There is also the little matter of getting involved in a secret anarchist plot to, well, why give away the secret?
Even if he survives his adventures to make it home to Chicago, what next for our young mascot? Will the constant racism of his traveling companions damage the young man beyond repair, or can he rise above the abuse and humiliation? What about his future? Will Clarence overcome his condition as a penniless orphan or remain stuck a homeless boy, ground underfoot by America’s rush toward the 20th century?
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Overview: A former college history professor, Rob Bauer now brings his considerable knowledge of the past into his historical novels. His books strike a balance of creative storytelling and meticulous historical accuracy. One of his books, The Buffalo Soldier, even contains some of his own original research about 1890s Montana. He writes a history blog on his website, robbauerbooks.com/blog, where he reviews historical fiction books and blogs about the historical influence of things as diverse as Martin Luther King, Jr., leaded gasoline, fascism, and mosquitoes.
Genre: Historical Fiction | Children's > Middle Grade
1. My Australian Adventure - It’s October of 1888, and Clarence Duval’s life has hit rock bottom.
Clarence is twelve years old, homeless, broke, an orphan, and, as of a couple hours ago, an unemployed actor. Stranded in Omaha, Nebraska with biting winter weather on the way, he’s contemplating his bleak future when the most unusual of opportunities arrives.
Out of the blue, Clarence gets a chance to do something any boy dreams of: travel the world. His companions, however, can be a problem. Several of them like to get drunk. Constantly. They become experts at getting Clarence into trouble. One is a businessman who devises a never-ending set of schemes to line his pockets. Others have more serious plans, like the Irish nationalist who wants to free the Emerald Isle from British rule. Even John Ward, outwardly the all-American boy, has skeletons in his closet.
The worst, however, are the companions who simply want to make Clarence miserable. You see, Clarence is an African American, and he’s fallen in with several hardcore racists who never wanted his company in the first place.
This leaves Clarence with a multitude of dilemmas. Not only must he maintain his dignity and win the respect of his companions, he must do so while surviving adventures in the warrens underneath San Francisco’s Chinatown, among the royalty of Hawaii, and after becoming a spy for one faction of his fellow travelers.
Share Clarence’s life as a social outcast in the cold, unforgiving world of the Gilded Age in book 1 of the Clarence Duval series, My Australian Adventure.
2. The World Traveler - In the continuation of My Australian Adventure, Clarence finishes his journey around the world as the mascot of the Spalding Tourists. Beginning in Australia, he and the teams travel to Ceylon, Egypt, Italy, France, the British Isles, and finally return home to America. Clarence’s adventures continue before the Great Sphinx, in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, and in front of British royalty. When the teams return to the States, the press hails Spalding and the ballplayers as conquering heroes, bathing them in patriotism and lionizing their achievement.
But what of Clarence? What will happen when he journeys alone through the streets of Cairo and Colombo, or enters the Roman Catacombs? There is also the little matter of getting involved in a secret anarchist plot to, well, why give away the secret?
Even if he survives his adventures to make it home to Chicago, what next for our young mascot? Will the constant racism of his traveling companions damage the young man beyond repair, or can he rise above the abuse and humiliation? What about his future? Will Clarence overcome his condition as a penniless orphan or remain stuck a homeless boy, ground underfoot by America’s rush toward the 20th century?
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