by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Science Fiction
Walking out in the woods behind his house one day, Gib Finney meets a stranger who offers him a gift. The gift is a unique tool that can un-do time – hence the “Power of Un.” Now, Gib looks forward to going to the carnival in town every year with his...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Walnut is an Native American boy who lives in America in the 16th century. He is growing toward manhood but struggles with many of the basic tasks of Native American life because his eyesight isn’t that good. He can’t see to shoot an arrow, but when a...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Wander back into 1872, and imagine for a moment that you are an apprentice to a photographer, perhaps not such an ethical photographer. A very wealthy woman has requested that her photo be taken, so she may place it on the grave of her recently deceased daughter whose...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
We hear about Darfur and the Sudan, but how can we truly explain this to our children in a way they can understand and relate to, so that they develop empathy, but don’t get overwhelmed in the process? Here’s a wonderful tool as Mary Williams relates the...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Welcome back to Never Land! This time we go there in the company of Prilla, a fairy, who doesn’t quite fit in and, worse, does not even know what her special talent is. Mother Dove is the gentle caregiver who sheds her warmth on all, including Prilla. Evil...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Science Fiction
Welcome to 2076 and a very different United States of America, the United Safer States of America. Sixteen-year-old Bo Marsten has committed a crime against society and is being shipped off to prison in the North. Wolves roam the perimeter keeping the prisoners inside...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Science Fiction
Welcome to the future and the world of Spaz who needs to cross all of the quadrants of this frightening place to get to his foster sister who is very ill and in great danger. This glimpse into what we might become includes mind probes that people use to escape from...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
Welcome to the island of Mistmantle, the realm of hedgehog King Brushen and his honorable animal subjects. Dropped into this land is Urchin, a squirrel, who does not know his heritage, but does know that he wants to fight for what is right and exonerate Captain...
