Arty Goes West by Mark Redmond, a review
Arty Goes West by Mark Redmond introduces us to a Christian chapter book series featuring Mark-Twain-like humor and memorable characters. Redmond draws on the canvas of the Old West, small-town Texas apparently in the late 1800s. Arty, age twelve, and his widowed...
An Award for The Dog Snatcher!
My chapter book The Dog Snatcher has been named a winner of a Purple Dragonfly Award from Story Monsters Magazine. I am thrilled to receive this honor! It’s also been named a finalist for the prestigious Selah Award for Christian Fiction, middle grade. The Dog...
Author News: A New Cover; a New Book in the Works
I’ve got two pieces of news. My novel The Long Shadow now has a new cover. It’s a time-travel adventure, something that wasn’t obvious from the previous cover. Since so many young readers love fantasy, sci fi, and time travel, my publisher and I...
Merlin’s Shadow by Robert Treskillard, a review
I reviewed the first book in the series, Merlin’s Blade. This second book, Merlin’s Shadow (2013), like any middle book in a three-book series, leads us through some majors trials for the main characters. Merlin finds himself fleeing the traitor Vortigern, who...The Fifth Man by John Olson and Randy Ingermanson, a review
The Fifth Man by John Olson and Randy Ingermanson, Christy award finalist and sequel to award-winning novel Oxygen Published 2002, 2012, currently by DatDat.com Genre: Science thriller with Christian worldview, suitable for teens and adults Valkerie, Bob, and two...Entertain me
Today we have a guest post from author Gloria Clover. This devotion is late coming to Phyllis because I’m an American with an American problem. I love to be entertained. I love to read. I love to watch movies. I love to do word games and jigsaw puzzles, and it...Free featured ebook: The Hope of Shridula
Today I’m featuring The Hope of Shridula by Kay Marshall Strom, a story of revolutionary India published March 1 by Abingdon, a major Christian press, and favored with 4.25 out of 5 stars by the eight people who have reviewed it so far on Goodreads. Here’s...Daughter of Light by Morgan L. Busse, a review
Daughter of Light by Morgan L. Busse Published 2012 by Marcher Lord Press, 464 pages Genre: Christian fantasy/supernatural, suitable for teens and adults Rowen Mar discovers a strange white mark on her hand and loses her soldier father on the same day. Her father was...
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The Dog Snatcher: Guardians of Time Book 1
The kid just wants his beloved dog back. Before it’s too late.
Disbelief and shock fill eleven-year-old Jake when a stranger grabs his beloved dog. Jake and his twin Ava chase the scruffy teen down their suburban street, but the thief simply vanishes. So … what is this ancient-looking skeleton key Jake finds in the street? Turning it in the air takes the twins—somewhere else!