Books with author Brian James

A rousing old-fashioned adventure, The Dagger Quick is the story of twelve-year-old Christopher, a boy with a clubfoot who is seemingly doomed to follow in the footsteps of his father as a cooper in seventeenth-century England. Yet, Christopher longs for more. But after his mother is kidnapped and his father is murdered—and Christopher is blamed for the crime—he has no choice but to set off on a dangerous seafaring voyage with bounty hunters on his trail and his only ally an uncle he hardly knows; an uncle who is an infamous pirate and the only man ever crazy enough to steal from the equally infamous Governor of Jamaica….

Moonlight Creek is a small town without much for kids to do. Will Ruffalo has lived there his entire life and knows how boring it can get. Thankfully he has Kryok, a card game where creatures, mages, and other mythical forces meet on the battlefield. Will is a power player when it comes to Kryok. The skill runs in his blood; his father is a well-known Kryok champion. It also helps that Will has one of the game’s strongest cards in his deck. The Ogre King. He loves the card so much he decides to make it his Halloween costume. The outfit he puts together is a perfect match for the Ogre King. So perfect it brings him closer to Kryok than he ever thought possible.

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The soldiers are coming home to one of the country's deepest recessions. The unemployment rate is double digits. Unrest and demonstrations are rampant in every major U.S. city. It's the summer of 1973 and the Viet Nam War is coming to an end while the Watergate presidential scandal is just getting started. Against this back drop, six year old CeCe lives with her grandmother and older brother Liam on a small farm outside of Seattle while her widowed father is on the other side of the world helping to pioneer global air travel. The isolated farm has not been modernized since the nineteen fifties. Daily life with Grandma Grace stands in stark contrast to the turbulence of the times and the amazing breakthroughs of the American aviation and space industries. CeCe and her brother rescue a fledgling crow from feral cats and Blackie the Crow becomes the most amazing pet as they learn to care for him. Like the fledgling crow, CeCe is surrounded by extended family and friends who help care for her while she struggles to learn about the mother she never knew and to understand why her WWII War Hero father is so distant. A veteran from a different war - the Vietnam War - crosses paths with Ce Ce that summer to change her life forever.

Santa's Helpers is written in a traditional vein - no Santas swimming off Miami Beach or attending conferences in Las Vegas or Monte Carlo. No, this is an old-fashion, family-friendly story that will warm your heart and enrich your Christmas Holidays for years to come. Beautifully printed in two-colors on high-quality speckeled brown paper. Spiral bound, 30-pages (including cover), eighteen delightful illustrations, and three gatefold pages for added enjoyment. The story answers four questions: 1: Why is Santa's beard artifical? Answer: Santa's beard is real! But because newly appointed Santa's Helpers don't always have nice full beards, the Elves make beards for them to wear until they can grow one that Santa approves of. 2: Why are some toys made by toy companies like Tonka, Fisher Price and Mattel? The elves can't keep up with production, so Santa contracts out for many of the toys -- always, however, under his close supervision. 3: How does Santa know where everyone lives? He uses a computer, and 4: Why are there so many Santas? Well, it was Mrs. Clause's idea, but Santa didn't come to the decision to run a Help Wanted ad until thinking about it over night.