by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Our story begins in London as James is holed up in his cousin’s apartment while his musical mother prepares for performances. A magical portal beckons James back in time, and he eventually finds himself caught there, a bi-racial boy with the voice of a canary....
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
Our young friend has a job working in the Lost and Found department of a subway system. This is a fairly mundane job until the day he discovers a journal and a plan for homicide. Who is the person who wrote this and how much danger is Duncan in now that he knows too...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Science Fiction
Owen is different. The other children don’t accept him. Owen has a place where he goes to be alone – the Den. One day he goes to his Den, and when he heads back home, he realizes everything has changed. Even his house has disappeared. Where is everyone?...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Papa dies leaving Dave and his brother, Gideon behind. Gideon is adopted by their Uncle Jack, but no one wants Dave, so he ends up in the Hebrew Home for Boys or, as the inmates call it, the “Hell Hole for Brats.” Dave is faced with20a difficult situation....
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
Percy has been thrown out of school after school, and he has been hoping that this one would be different. Now, however, on the 6th grade field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Percy finds himself in trouble with the algebra teacher. She takes him deep into the...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Action / Adventure
Personally, I feel that Dave Barry had his tongue in his cheek the entire time he was writing this book with Ridley Pearson. It’s a hilarious tale of a young member of the Mollusk tribe, Little Scallop, and the trouble she gets into when she goes to swim with...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
Peter Pan stands in a class by itself and so many children have read it or “seen the movie. Now we get the rest of the story. Have you ever wondered why there are Indians out there? Who are the Lost Boys anyway? This is a tale of a trunk filled with magical star...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Having a bad day? Try this one. Phineas Gage was 26 years old back in 1848 when a metal shard pierced his neck and went through his head, behind his eye, and then protruded out from his skull. He lived many years afterwards, but was never the same man. What did his...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Chick Lit
Phoebe Hart is starting 7th grade and middle school. Thank goodness she has her best friend and trusted ally, Harper Tanaka, along for the perilous journey, but the two girls find that the path is not made of the same old stuff. Phoebe decides to go out for the Drama...
