The Last Starbase is book 3 in the Sons of Neptune series. Shane, Sam, and company discover an ancient starship, the Praihawk, buried in the Artic and plan to use it to get help from their ancestors of long ago. The Peak, a refugee stronghold established by Shane and Sam, is attracting survivors of the alien…
Revenge of the Spiders is book 2 in Rod Little’s four book series, Sons of Neptune. In book one, Earthweeds, the novel’s two protagonist brothers, Shane and Sam, return from a mountain hunting trip to find their home has been invaded by large man-eating lizards created by the Sayans, an alien race of humanoids. The young…
In the science fiction fantasy, Earthweeds,Shane and Sam are brothers. Shane is in college and Sam is about to finish high school. Each summer the boys escape for a few weeks into the wilderness outside of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania to hunt and evade the hustle and bustle of the real world. This year, when the boys…
In 2018 Pop read and reviewed 36 young adult novels. All of the books received 5 pops because they were thought provoking, imaginative, and the author’s writing style exemplary. Below you’ll find seven of his favorites plus his award-winning novel, Koolura and the Mayans. Title: Koolura and the Mayans Author: Michael Thal Awards: 2018 eLit…
When I taught middle school I told my students that they could make a difference in this world. What they achieved didn’t have to be earth shattering, just a spark of inspiration that would affect others. I said, “Just start with the belief that you can do something that benefits others.” Below is the story…
Twenty-four years ago author Michael Thal began what would become The Koolura Series. His prime motivation at the time was to get his daughter Channie excited about reading. Then in the sixth grade, she promised to read the book upon its publication. Good for her word, even though she was twenty-eight years…
About the Book Title: Amelia, the Merballs and the Emerald Cannon Author: Evonne Blanchard Genre: Children’s Books Amelia and Uglesnoo land on Mercury. They meet the Merballs, the friendly aliens that live there. All goes well, until an asteroid hits their planet. Amelia and Uglesnoo find themselves in deep trouble. How will they convince the Merballs of their innocence? And…
A twenty-three-year-old computer hacker illegally enters the computer of a cell phone manufacturer and finds a curious file. It’s huge with five terabytes of plain ASC11 text characters with a boring name—repository1-c.txt. He gives it a look and finds something curious; many of the numbers change constantly. Then he searches the file for his name….
Supergirl has won the Saturn Awards for Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series three years in a row. It originally premiered on CBS October 26, 2015 and moved to the WB a year later where season four will unfold Sunday nights at 8:00 pm. Supergirl has lasted this long because actress Melissa Benoist (you may remember her as…
Sixteen year old Kate has the CHRONOS gene enabling her to use the CHRONOS medallion grandma Katherine gave her to transport through time and space to just about whenever and wherever she chooses. However, Kate’s trips through time have a distinct purpose: stop grandfather Saul from annihilating most of the human race to create a…