by Barb Langridge | Aug 5, 2010 | Fantasy
Ten-year-old cousins, Jesse and Daisy are hiking in the mountains when Jesse finds a very special rock that Uncle Joe calls a thunder egg. When they try to crack it open, it’s so hard it breaks the strongest, sharpest blade Uncle Joe has in his shop. Jesse puts...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 5, 2010 | Sports
Middle schooler Jack can throw some heat. At the school carnival he proves it against the radar gun-75 mph. When he steps up to the mound, he is confident that his pitch will be tough to hit. But, in the new season it seems that some of the hitters are catching up to...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 5, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Verbena Colter is growing up and the simple life she has led with her parents and a best friend she could count on seems to be disappearing rapidly behind her. Stumbling on an envelope with the name Grace Kincaid on the front of it, Verbena asks a question that...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 5, 2010 | Picture Book
If you have a child who loves an out of this world imaginative adventure, then here is the perfect book for you. Jimmy would like to have a Moon Pie for his afternoon snack but his mother is all about saving room for dinner. With the help of a marvelous imagination,...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 5, 2010 | Sports
Jake Daley loves to play baseball and he does it well. In fact, he’s considered the star of the team until the arrival of Adam Hull. After a few key homers, it looks as though Adam has stepped up to replace Jake as the main man. So, is this guy a one-man team?...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 5, 2010 | Sports
Brett has always been the best at everything. He’s a star on his basketball team and a champion spelling bee competitor. Then, in a close game, Brett misses a lay-up. Then, at a friend’s birthday party he finds himself freezing with fear while climbing a...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 5, 2010 | Fiction
Set in Missouri in 1913, this is the story of a small town with a mysterious past.Thirteen year old Natalie Minks, who is fascinated by all mechanical things, is trying to ride the new bicycle her inventor father has designed. Everything changes the day a caravan...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 5, 2010 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
It isn’t easy to live on a military base. It’s even harder when your mother is the commander of the Air Force Base. Stu and his mom are living in North Dakota while his dad stays in Utah to care for his aged mother and his older brother starts college. Sixteen year...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 5, 2010 | Mystery
Seventh grader Sherlock Holmes Baldwin [aka Sherry] is hosting a sleepover/makeup party with 3 friends so they can try the new “natural” products her friend is selling.They wake up to discover the products have made their skin red and blistered. Now there is a mystery...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 5, 2010 | Humor
Twelve year old Vanessa Rothrock has a few problems: she trips over her own feet and injures herself more than the average person; she wants to win the state spelling bee championship; she doesn’t get to see her mom very often because she is the governor of Florida;...
