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Genre: Mystery Age Group: Middle Grade Publishing Date: September 9th, 2014 by Little Brown Books Summary : Every newly independent reader will be rolling on the floor--and has a chance to solve the mystery--in this wildly wacky mash-up of chapter book and graphic novel, with art on every page, interactive seek-and-find elements, and more! In this first book of the series, fourth-grade detective Logan Lang is facing the biggest case of her career. Someone--or something--is stealing everything that kids love. Toys! The amusement park carousel! Even the school playground! All of them sucked underground without a trace. Logan will have to team up with her longtime nemesis and super cop wannabe Gustavo Muchomacho if she wants to stop this subterranean scoundrel. With her serious doodling skills and his arsenal of high-tech sky mustaches, they'll race against the clock to unearth a master criminal. Bonus backmatter is loaded with extra puzzles, word jumbles, instructions for d...

Not sure why I needed to write this post, but I'd like to give a little update with SG. First off, the Waste of Space Cover is out. You can read more about it and the plot  here Also, turns out still haven't read Panda-Monium. Not sure why, but I haven't. Pretty sad. Oh well, I'll get on it soon. No Spoilers!

Genre: Realistic Fiction Age Group: YA Publishing Date: April 18th, 2017 by Little, Brown Books Summary : One shot ruined his life. Another one could end it. Sebastian Cody did something horrible, something no one—not even Sebastian himself—can forgive. At the age of four, he accidentally shot and killed his infant sister with his father’s gun. Now, ten years later, Sebastian has lived with the guilt and horror for his entire life. With his best friend away for the summer, Sebastian has only a new friend—Aneesa—to distract him from his darkest thoughts. But even this relationship cannot blunt the pain of his past. Because Sebastian knows exactly how to rectify his childhood crime and sanctify his past. It took a gun to get him into this. Now he needs a gun to get out. My Thoughts : Wow, I haven't read a book to this level in a while. What a unique plot line. A kid with a secret is just trying to have fun when all of the sudden...wow it was just crazy. I really did...

Hey guys. Beginning a new crossover, I've gotten a bunch of requests and I'm entering this piece for the writing contest for Stuart Central. Go join Stuart Central if you haven't already! Anyway, here is my piece, if I get a lot of love for it, I may continue to post more. Earth Year 2044 June 24 2:45 AM EST Houston, Texas Dash: It’s been 3 incredible years on the moon. Well, to rephrase, only the first 6 months were. After solving Dr. Holtz’s murder and finding Nina in the bathroom, well, once the Sjobergs were finally off the moon, everything was just normal. There were no scandals or murders, just normal research and exercise, something you’d find on Earth. As soon as we touched down in Honolulu, we immediately went through Border Control. That’s right folks, I guess we technically left the country, but it was still pretty weird. After passing border control, before we got ready for the parade to honor us or whatever, we had to forfeit or souvenirs to government, ...

Age Group: YA Genre: Realistic Fiction Publishing Date: March 1st 2012 by Viking Books Summary:  Four players with one thing in common: the will to win Malcolm wants to get to the NBA ASAP. Roko wants to be the pride of his native Croatia. Crispin wants the girl of his dreams. M.J. just wants a chance. March Madness is in full swing, and there are only four teams left in the NCAA basketball championship. The heavily favored Michigan Spartans and the underdog Troy Trojans meet in the first game in the semifinals, and it's there that the fates of Malcolm, Roko, Crispin, and M.J. intertwine. As the last moments tick down on the game clock, you'll learn how each player went from being a kid who loved to shoot hoops to a powerful force in one of the most important games of the year. Which team will leave the Superdome victorious? In the end it will come down to which players have the most skill, the most drive, and the most heart. My Thoughts : If you really have ne...