Sunday, August 30, 2020

The Crimson Protector by Jeffrey Kranzler @Crmsonprotector

Free for a Limited Time, 8/30-9/3/20. Click Now on the Cover Photo.

The Crimson Protector is an action-packed superhero adventure that also teaches middle schoolers how to build confidence, overcome social anxiety and handle bullying!

James Gazt is tired. He’s tired of seeing kids being bullied at school and not being able to do anything about it. He’s tired of not having enough confidence to talk to his crush. But what can he do? Well, why not try to become a superhero? After all, it seems to work in the comic books he reads. With the help of his best friend, Gizmo Jones, he becomes the Crimson Protector! But will being a superhero be a dream come true… or a total nightmare?

Join James Gazt on his journey of friendship, coming of age, exploring values and virtues and saving the day all while navigating the transition from tween to teenager.

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Review: Past Tense by Lee Child

Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn’t get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the town where his father was born. He thinks, What’s one extra day? He takes the detour.

At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians had been on their way to New York City to sell a treasure. Now they’re stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. The owners seem almost too friendly. It’s a strange place, but it’s all there is.

The next morning, in the city clerk’s office, Reacher asks about the old family home. He’s told no one named Reacher ever lived in town. He’s always known his father left and never returned, but now Reacher wonders, Was he ever there in the first place?

As Reacher explores his father’s life, and as the Canadians face lethal dangers, strands of different stories begin to merge. Then Reacher makes a shocking discovery: The present can be tough, but the past can be tense . . . and deadly.

If you read a Jack Reacher novel, you know what's happening. Two immovable objects heading straight toward each other. Jack being one and and some horrible group of evil people. This novel has the same formula and I don't care. It's awesome and I love it.
If you are new to this and like the hero genre, Lee Child novels will quickly be added to your favorites.

Friday, August 14, 2020

Uncle Bill's - 20 Animal Stories for Kids with Moral Lessons

Free for a Limited Time, 8/14-16/20. Click Now on the Cover Photo. 20 popular animal stories (with moral lessons) for kids - from Aesop's fables and the Panchatantra - retold (without illustrations) in an interesting and humorous way for modern times by Uncle Bill, with small moral lessons and a little moral verse for each story. A light read, these stories convey simple moral messages in an interesting and humorous way. These are ideal for parents / care givers to read out to children, whether as a bedtime story or for any time. Slightly older children can enjoy reading the stories themselves.

All stories are animal stories - children usually love animal stories.

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Our Dried Voices by Greg Hickey @greghickey5

Free for a Limited Time, 99 cents. Click Now on the Cover Photo.



In 2153, cancer was cured.

In 2189, AIDS.

And in 2235, the last members of the human race traveled to a new world to begin the next chapter of humanity.

Several hundred years after their arrival, the remainder of humanity lives in a utopian colony in which every want is satisfied automatically, and there is no need for human labor, struggle or thought. But when the machines that regulate the colony begin to malfunction, the colonists are faced with a test for the first time in their existence.

With the lives of the colonists at stake, it is left to a bright young man named Samuel to repair these breakdowns and save the colony. Aided by his determined friend Penny, Samuel rises to meet each challenge. But he soon discovers a mysterious group of people behind each of these problems, and he must somehow find and defeat these saboteurs in order to rescue humanity.