by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Science Fiction
Here is one of the most powerful books of our time for young readers. It’s a world of order and harmony. A Committee of Elders is responsible for the matching of spouses, the naming and placement of new children and the assignments of the adult roles . Elders...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
Here is one of the premiere fantasy series of our time, on the shelf well before the Harry Potter phenomenon, and a work that gave fantasy the reputation of being some of the best children’s literature written for some of the best and brightest young readers....
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Here’s another great “Let’s Read and Find Out About Science book.”. What if your house melted when it got too hot? What if your socks froze on your toes? Thank goodness our matter knows when to be solid, when to be liquid and when to be a gas!...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Phil needs to get his brother Jimmy’s lunch money to him and he’s hurrying through the hallways of the fourth-fifth grade hall looking for him. If Phil is late to school one more time, he’s going to be in big trouble. Oh, there’s...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Sports
High school student Sylvester Coddmyer III wants to be on the baseball team more than anything, but he’s just not a very good hitter. Enter a trainer who works with Sylvester. The trainer’s name is George Baruth, and if you know anything at all about...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Hilarious rite of passage tale of a girl in high school. She worries that her P.E. teacher is a lesbian and goes for a kissing lesson with Peter after school. That’s as controversial as it’s going to get. But you’ll laugh your head off for hours as...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Humor
Hilda says, “I go where I am needed and stay until I’m not.” She helps everyone in town. Then she hears that weird Dr. Weinerstein is suffering from rheumatism, all alone, in his creepy old mansion up on Vampire Hill. So Hilda goes up to help him...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Hildy Biddle is a high school reporter in a town where the local paper, “The Bee,” wields great power. Something weird is going on out at the old Ludlow place – first, there’s a ghost, and then there’s a dead body. The local paper is...
