by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Maya has spent her childhood under the harsh domination of her grandmother. No mention of her mother is allowed, and Maya treasures the box of plastic horses and the one photograph that are all she has to connect her to the mother she lost in a car accident. Then,...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
McKinley is a malamute who is the leader of the dogs in his town. Suddenly his orderly life changes as a wolf comes to town to lure dogs off into the wolf pack. An Irish setter tries to maneuver himself into the position of leader of the dogs and McKinley’s...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
Measle Stubbs (love the name!) lives with his guardian, Basil Tramplebone, who is a wrathmonk. Basil hates Measle, and Measle hates Basil. In fact, the only thing Basil seems to like is the train set he keeps under lock and key in the attic. One day Measle tricks...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Meet Claire as she is dangled by her heels over the river! Will her bully of a cousin drop her? Yes, he does … and, magically, Claire floats down and lands nicely in a passing boat. Is this river haunted by river trolls? What happens to Duke, the bully, when...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
Meet Dovey Coe, a twelve-year-old, self-reliant, outspoken resident of Indian Creek, North Carolina. She’s a tough, feisty young lady, who feels a sense of responsibility for her brother, Amos. Her older sister, Caroline, has plans to break out of Indian Creek...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
Meet Firedrake a wondrous dragon, who has set forth on a perilous journey accompanied by Ben, an orphan and Sorrell, a mouthy Brownie. The journey is, of course, beset with challenges and obstacles, not the least of which turns out to be Twigleg, who is riding along...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
Meet Harold the dog who tells a tale of mystery. Is that bunny, Bunnicula, truly a vampire? Well, if you ask Chester the cat, you might find out. Funny and mysterious. Check your celery for fang marks the next time you look in the veggie drawer. The following books...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Meet Jack Plank, a pirate whose days of plundering are over. He goes to the town of Saltwash and sets about the task of finding new work. But what will suit him? He moves into Mrs. Delfresno’s boarding house, and his fellow boarders join him for dinner and to...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Meet Luther T. Farrell, a young African-American who lives in Flint, Michigan with his mother, Sarge. Sarge is a hard-nosed woman who has figured out a way to use the system for her own rewards and has built a thriving business as a slumlord. Luther is trying to...
