by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Middle school is a tough time for lots of kids. It’s so important for them to fit in with those around them, and kids who don’t achieve this can be made to feel very small and somehow not enough by their peers. In this novel, four kids who have suffered...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Mike is really excited about going out for the high school basketball team. That’s a place where he feels good about himself. Then, life hands him a fast one, and he finds himself going to live with his dad and his dad’s new wife, who doesn’t want...
by Dawn | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Milada’s birthday is wonderful. She gets a telescope and even has a cake, in these days of no sugar and no money in Czechoslovakia under Nazi domination. But, that same night, soldiers storm into her home, and her life, as she has known it, completely changes....
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Miss Pringle and Miss Mannering have opened a business. Their hearts have been breaking as they have noticed ghosts all over the place, eating their hearts out, because no one really wanted them or cared. Now, people who truly want and appreciate a ghost can dial up...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Mitch has come to live at Bird Lake when his mother and father decide to divorce. Mitch is angry and wants things to go back to the way they were before, when his parents got along. Spencer and his family have come to Bird Lake after years of being away. They are...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Action / Adventure
Mom has an awesome job at the bug lab. On just the wrong day, the hissing cockroach at the lab escapes, and everyone tries to find him. They’re getting ready for a party with the big money donor, and they don’t need Max, the cockroach, joining in the fun....
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
Moongobble has a chance to become a member of the Society of Magicians. To do this he must perform three “Mighty Tasks.” Now, it’s hard to do that when you’ve turned yourself into cheese. Yup, cheese! Enter Edward, Urk, the Rusty Knight,...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
More or less alone in the world, sixteen-year-old Marnie has decided to experience the world through a computer game. It’s so much safer than trying to deal with real feelings and real people, face to face. But change is inevitable, and Marnie finds herself...
