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WARNING: Spoilers Ahead! Read the first book before continuing!   Lavinia “Vin” Lucas has finally found a home. At Last Hope School, she’s made friends (including a magical fire sprite!) who love her for who she is, and gifted headmistress Ava Hope is guiding her in her newfound abilities as a Chameleon. But after the […]

Middle School

When a drought turns the farmland of the Texas Panhandle into a dry wasteland, eleven-year-old Ray’s world begins to crumble. Fierce dust storms blacken the sky and destroy everything in their path. Ray and his best friend, Dolly, do their chores and go to school. But there’s nothing they can do to save their struggling […]

3rd Grade and Up

Defeating an evil sorceress was supposed to be the hard part. But now that Faye has succeeded in saving Celurdur from the Shadow Queen, she has an entirely different set of challenges to face. To become the first Witch of the West, she must win the favor of the country’s three wizards—North, South, and East. Their trials […]

Middle School

It’s time for a field trip! Board the yellow time travel bus and blast into the Jurassic past. Volcanoes smolder. Towering dinosaurs munch leaves from the trees. And this class is going to see them up close—maybe way too close! When a rascally kepodactylus snatches a student’s lunch box, the student gives chase and gets […]

Young Children

If Carter hadn’t been checking his phone, he might have seen his brother coming down the ski slopes in his direction. And if Carter had seen his brother in time and avoided the crash, he might not have two broken legs right now. Oops. Now, Carter is stuck at home for weeks, with both his […]

4th Grade and Up

Something very strange is happening in our galaxy. Roswell Johnson is bored. He’s stuck at home with nothing to do—even after he just saved planet Earth from a Reptoid alien invasion. But while Roswell is grounded on Earth, spaceships are being attacked without a reason, people are disappearing without a trace, stars are dying without a cause, and someone has broken the […]

Advanced Middle School and Up

WARNING: This story includes descriptions of decomposing bodies, maggots, and death. Reader discretion is advised.   No one has ever called Frani Gonzalez squeamish. Seriously, whether it’s guts, bugs, or anything else that you might find at the Central Texas Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (FARF), to her and her dad, the university’s body farm is just home. […]

Middle School

Charlie Greer is nothing special. At least not compared to her adopted siblings. Her younger sister is a ghost. Her brother Mateo is a werewolf. Gideon is the product of seriously sketchy experiments that gave him telekinetic powers. Even her parents work for the Division of Extranormal Research and Investigations, tracking down all things supernatural, […]

Middle School

SPOILERS AHEAD!   Child genius and budding inventor Frances is in trouble. Her dreams of scientific glory were dashed when her first big experiment nearly destroyed her whole town. So when a prestigious society invites her to their symposium, Frances sees it as a chance to redeem herself. On the way there, her train is hijacked, […]

Middle School

HAPPY OCTOBER! Let’s start with the perfect book to get into the Halloween spirit.   On Halloween, it is always wise to expect the unexpected, but no amount of planning could have prepared Eve for that particular night. Fleeing an unpleasant orphanage, she’s saved by someone who she never believed was real . . . […]

Middle School