by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Keisha has struggled since Andy killed himself. Finally she is interested in a guy but this guy is twenty-three years old and the principal’s son. But he treats her like a lady and he is so much more sophisticated than the teenage boys all around her. He makes...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 8, 2009 | Historical Fiction
This is the powerful tale of the journey of an African girl, Amari, from her home and everything she knows and holds dear to a new world and a new life as a slave in on a plantation in the American south. Torn from her family and the boy she loves, she is about to...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Romiette is African-American and Julio is Latino and they have fallen in love. The relationship is threatened by those who do not feel comfortable with interracial dating. They find themselves going against the Devildogs, a gang that wants to destroy their acceptance...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Mystery
Ten-year-old Ziggy and his three friends are all set for a great summer when they find out their basketball court has been destroyed. Now what can they do? Ziggy comes up with the idea of starting a club and building a clubhouse. The friends start work but along the...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Mystery
Ten-year-old Ziggy and his three friends learn that their school has secret long-lost tunnels dug beneath it. The tunnels were used in the Underground Railroad to hide the slaves. Down the boys go and they find a room with old school records in it. Oh is that all? And...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Mystery
What would you do with a $200.00 prize? Ziggy and the other Black Dinosaurs have decided to enter the talent show contest. The grand prize is $200.00. Just think what they can do to their clubhouse with that money? But, will they win? Should they win? If someone else...
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 | Mystery
Ziggy and his friends are off to camp where they hear stories from their camp counselor about the Shawnee Native Americans who used to live in the area. The stories inspire them to venture out in the night, take a boat out on the lake and find themselves stranded...
by Mike Costanzo | Oct 8, 2009 | Mystery
Ziggy and his friends rescue a baby deer when its mother is killed on the construction site of a new apartment building. So, this is what happens when man destroys habitat. The boys decide to help the local wildlife rescue center by raising money. They’re going...
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...
