Dewey Fairchild Provides a Unique Spin on Child Psychologist
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Dewey Fairchild Provides a Unique Spin on Child Psychologist

ByMichael Thal

Dewey Fairchild is a middle grade child with the unique ability to manipulate parents to change their behaviors. What kid wants a helicopter mom walking her to school every morning? Or a dad who burps and picks his nose in front of her friends? It’s embarrassing to the nth degree! In steps Dewey Fairchild to…

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A YA Time Travel Thriller

ByMichael Thal

West Yorkshire, England January 1795 Highwayman Kit Locke, known as the Knightmare, sits atop his gelding, Dante, waiting for a coach to round the bend so he can relieve its passengers of their wealth. He is specifically looking for the Viper’s Eye. According to legend, the gem can absorb thoughts and feelings of people and…

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Inventive Middle School Sci-Fi Novel

ByMichael Thal

The Prometheus Project Book 1: Trapped is a middle grade science fiction thriller that will keep readers flipping pages to uncover the secrets of an alien city buried deep beneath the ground of Brewster, Pennsylvania. Author Douglas E. Richards introduces readers to Ryan and Regan Resnick, two very bored tweens forced from their home in…

Realistic Coming of Age YA Novel
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Realistic Coming of Age YA Novel

ByMichael Thal

I Am Me, by Kai Strand, is Lola Renaldi’s story told in the first person present tense. Lola is a senior at an exclusive college preparatory school in Ohio. She feels pressure from everyone around her to excel. Referring to college acceptance, her mother says, “I would hate for you to miss a deadline because…

Parents for Sale: A Children’s Story and Coloring Book
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Parents for Sale: A Children’s Story and Coloring Book

ByMichael Thal

Luke and Lucy Clark are eight-year old twins with the responsibility of caring for their two-year-old golden retriever, Pistachio. The twins need to feed, water, and walk their dog, but too often neglect their job. Consequently, their parents, who are too busy to care for Pistachio themselves, decide to sell the children’s pet. Naturally, the…

Are YA Relationships Worth the Effort?
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Are YA Relationships Worth the Effort?

ByMichael Thal

Ella Jones has rejected the values of her wealthy parents. She insists on attending public high school and holds down a waitressing job that starts at 4:00 AM. One morning, while opening up the Read Between the Beans coffee house, she meets a seventeen-year old homeless boy sleeping near the restaurant’s dumpster. The morning Ella…

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The Frog Prince- A Classic Folktale Re-Told

ByMichael Thal

Like most fairy tales before it, The Frog Prince, as told by Mike Klaassen, has simple two dimensional characters, an appealing setting, an element of magic, and a villain who challenges the protagonist, seventeen-year old Prince Gerit, son of King Egon of Krickenheim. Gerit is hunting for frogs to avoid weapons practice with his father’s…

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A YA Romance Novella

ByMichael Thal

Pressley James finds her dream job—working as a social media marketer for Paws and Claws Animal Shelter. On her first day at work her new boss, Janet, informs her about Hayden and Jasper, warning, “…both are off limits!” Janet describes Hayden as “quite the looker,” and “the only full-time fella.” But he keeps to himself…

The Cat and the Spy
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The Cat and the Spy

ByMichael Thal

K.M. Shea re-tells the timeless fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast in a unique way. A witch curses a member of the royal household, Prince Severin, who has become a black-furred beast with the head of a cat. His teeth are too big for his mouth, his fingernails are claws, and he has the hind…