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The Impossible Resort (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Maxi Boys) - Softcover

Book 2 of 2: The Extraordinary Adventures of the Maxi Boys

Heffner, John

 
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Synopsis

Every impossible adventure begins with an even more impossible idea.

What if Maxi, Laxi, Paxi, and Raxi created the world’s most extraordinary resort?

What if visitors could ski on a snow-covered mountain, stroll through a spring meadow, relax beneath a tropical sun, and explore a mysterious swamp—all without leaving the same island?

And what if the boys became so busy improving their remarkable creation that they failed to notice the island beneath them was beginning to sink?

Those questions became the beginning of The Impossible Resort.

The Maxi Boys have already learned that a brilliant idea can carry them farther than they ever imagined. Yet they have not entirely learned when to stop. Their creativity, confidence, and determination allow them to accomplish what everyone else considers impossible. But every success encourages them to add one more attraction, solve one more problem, and take one more risk.

Soon, their magnificent resort begins to behave in ways no one expected. Meadows flood, alligators appear where they do not belong, a snow-covered mountain threatens to unleash an avalanche, and mysterious officials begin watching the boys more closely than they realize. As the dangers multiply, Maxi and his friends must depend upon their ingenuity—and one another—to save their guests and discover what is happening to their island.

Like all the Maxi Boys’ adventures, this story celebrates imagination while allowing the consequences of ambition to unfold naturally. The boys learn that nature does not always cooperate with even the cleverest plans, that warning signs should not be ignored, and that success can become dangerous when enthusiasm races ahead of good judgment.

Most of all, The Impossible Resort is a story about refusing to give up. Even when their grandest dream begins sinking beneath their feet, Maxi, Laxi, Paxi, and Raxi remain what they have always been: inventive, loyal, optimistic, and ready to turn disaster into their next remarkable idea.

So come along to an island where every season has its own attraction, every attraction creates a new surprise, and nothing remains impossible for very long.

Just don’t be too surprised if your dream vacation becomes an unforgettable adventure.

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About the Author

John E. Heffner, MD, is a pulmonary and critical care physician, educator, and researcher. Today, he and his wife, Anne, divide their time between Napa and San Diego, California, where their two sons' families live.Over a 40-year career in academic medicine, he published over 350 medical journal articles and 21 medical books. He served as President of the American Thoracic Society and Chairman of the American Board of Pulmonary Medicine Pulmonary Board. The American College of Chest Physicians selected him as a Giant in Chest Medicine in 2018.Looking back, Dr. Heffner considers his greatest achievements not the offices he held or the papers he published, but the relationships he built as a husband, father, grandfather, physician, teacher, and friend. He remains convinced that medicine is, above all, a craft-grounded in science, refined through observation, judgment, humility, and experience, and ultimately entrusted from one generation of physicians to the next. He now writes books for lay audiences and children as well to help younger generations adopt the life principles of character, integrity, and devotion to others necessary to become a craftsman at whatever one chooses to do.

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