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...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
Meet the Algonquin version of Cinderella. In this tale there are three sisters, two of whom are selfish and mean, and a third who is scarred from the sparks from the fire that she feeds day and night. The two sisters go off to find the Invisible Being whom they hope...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Action / Adventure
Meet the Shluffmuffin twins who live in the Jolly Days Orphanage. Will anyone ever adopt them? The Mandible Sisters are the answer to a prayer when they take the children to their home and seem thrilled that Cheyenne’s nose drips interminably and Wally’s...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
Meet Twig who lives at The Edge with a family of wood trolls. He has always believed he is one of them, and he aches for kind words from his father. Then one day he learns from his mother that he is NOT a wood troll, and he sets off to find out his true identity. The...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
Meet two possums: Grandma Poss and Hush. Now, Grandma Posh has magical powers and can make Hush invisible. What can happen to an invisible possum. Oooh, lots of things! But what happens if the possum decides she doesn’t want to be invisible anymore? A rollicking...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Megan, Cassidy, Emma and Jess have just learned that their mothers have organized them into a mother-daughter book club, and they’ll all be getting together to discuss Little Women. The girls struggle with their own identities, the expectations of their mothers...
by Mike Test | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
Merlin has planted a seed and from that seed has grown a magnificent world – a tree made of seven root realms – and it is the “Great Tree of Avalon.” In this world all things exist in perfect harmony. It is a place of peace and growth and...
by Dawn | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Michael’s family is going through a lot of change. The new baby is sick, and they’ve just moved into a new home. When Michael starts exploring, his parents caution him not to go into the garage, but the garage calls him! One day he decides to take a look...
