by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Frank and his mother have come to Florida to join their father. It’s 1943 and, as they soon learn, Dad has shipped out with the Navy, and they will have to wait for him to return. Mom finds a house for them to live in. It’s a bit remote, sitting on the...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
Ludlow Fitch escapes his parents and runs for his life, eventually finding himself in the village of Pagus Parvus. He is taken on as an apprentice by Joe Zabbidou, a strange man who has come to town to open up a pawn shop. But he takes secrets along with the chamber...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
This paraquel to The Black Book of Secrets, takes place in Urbs Umida and centers on the life of one boy, Pin Carpue. As Pin awakens from a drug-induced stupor, he is gripped with fear. He is in his usual place of work, but before his eyes a corpse is coming to life...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Have you ever gone out at night when it’s dark and watched for stars that shoot across the sky?Sometimes they move so quickly you aren’t sure you really saw them.But these aren’t really stars.The bits of rock or metal that fall to Earth are meteroids and the meteroid...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Poppy is the mother of eleven now and is in the throes of parenting a teenager, Ragweed Jr. She’s also dealing with issues with her father. When she journeys to visit her parents’ old home where she grew up, she finds herself leading the community against...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Plucky Poppy has lost the love of her life, Ragweed, to the preying owl and now she and the porcupine, Ereth, are setting forth to Ragweed’s old community to tell his parents the bad news. Once they arrive, they learn things aren’t quite as Ragweed had...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
The Dimwood Forest Chronicles series truly begins with Poppy the tale of a little mouse who has a big challenge in front of her. The mouse community needs more room and Poppy is going to venture forth to find out if they can live safely and happily in a new community...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fantasy
The wonderful Inkheart series continues in this Book Two. This time Meggie is going to use her special gifts to read Farid back into the book. The story characters will see a second chance to exact a price. The dark rises and the adventure begins.
