by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Take one look at the cover of this book, and you get a true feel for what’s inside. (Yes in this case you can judge a book by its cover!) For all of those little girls who love horses, here is a book about loving dragons the very same way. Cara works, hard...
by Barb Langridge | Mar 24, 2009 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
Talk about suspense! The young narrator is handicapped with cerebral palsy and he fears his own father. He holds a fear that his father may decide to kill him so his misery will end. Think back to Dial M for Murder, and you will have a feel for how this slowly coils...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Poetry
Taunts and loneliness are the companions of Josie Wyatt everyday at school. She is different. She is in middle school, and she has cerebral palsy. At home her Gran sews seed, makes magical meals, and cares for her “friends” at the nursing home, Lazy Acres....
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
Ted is a sixth grader at a school in Nebraska that only has 10 students. Ted is worried that his school will close because it doesn’t have enough students. He’s also worried because he has started to see a face in the window of a deserted farmhouse when he...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
Ten little mice, one big hungry snake add up to a story with a tale, or a tail? One warm day ten little mice go out to play in the meadow. As the sun heats up, the mice grow tired and lie down to take a nap. They forget all about watching out for the snake. Mr....
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Ten-year-old Amber, eleven-year-old Jazz, and thirteen-year-old Geena seem to have everything an adolescent could ever want. They have the sneakers, the phones, and the jeans before everyone else. Mom has passed away, and the girls live with their father who...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Winner of the 2000 Newbery Medal Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell is on the road and setting forth on his own plan for a change. He has summoned his courage and is going to find the man who might be his father, Herman E. Calloway, a bass-player of renown. If you...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger knows all about death and dying and the changes it brings because her family runs a funeral home. But life is about to bring some changes to Comfort that aren’t so routine. Her best friend seems to have changed drastically and...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Ten-year-old Jake has big ears and a big heart. At night when his parents are fighting, Jake tells stories to his sister, Cassie. What’s it like to carry that world on your shoulders? What can a boy do to make life as good as his own dreams of flying? This book...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Thank God for Gram, who has taken Naomi and her brother, Owen, to live with her when they are deserted by their mother. Gram is deeply understanding of Owen’s struggles and gives love and compassion to both needy children. Then Mom returns with a boyfriend and a...
