by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Crash (nicknamed for his tackling skills as a toddler — it stuck) Coogan is, appropriately, BMOC (“Big Man On Campus,” as they say) …. in the seventh grade. Don’t even try to get between this star and his football. Penn Webb, the...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Historical Fiction
It’s 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, and there is a plan to integrate Central High School with some black students. Sylvia is struggling with the decision of whether to be one of the students who brave the steps up to that new world. All around her are different...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Mystery
Ziggy and his friends are off to space camp where they will meet real astronauts and have a chance to experience what it’s like to travel in space. How do astronauts go to the bathroom anyway? Ever heard of Mr. Thirsty? Then there is the mystery of what happens...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Set in the Revolutionary War this is the story of a young Tory girl who risks her life to save her family’s possessions. She hides in a trunk and nearly gets caught by the enemy. But, the compassion of the young man who finds her hiding place saves her life and...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Delia can’t read and she’s made it all the way to the sixth grade. No one knows not even her parents and she’s too embarrassed to tell. But now the standardized testing is coming up and if she doesn’t score well enough on it, she won’t be...
