Books with author Cardona

A young adult action packed romance adventure that will keep readers guessing as mystery after mystery unfolds. Gabriella, teenage girl tries to discover herself in a futuristic world of genetic modification, extreme sports and new science. Oh, and there just happens to be a dimensional portal too. This science fiction tale sizzled and sparkled with energy, ingenuity, imagination, and a wonderfully heightened sense of adventure! --B White Gabriella, a teenage girl who lives a simple life selling shoes in her parents clothing store, has her life turned upside down when two NuGen goons show up at their store. Shortly thereafter, her father is dead, tragically, and she finds out the entire life she had been living is a lie. They must change their name, run and hide, leaving everything behind that very night. So starts the whirlwind adventure, a mystery set in a futuristic society, where affluent folks can have their children modified through genetic upgrades, that readers are calling "Compelling," "so good!" and a "great story that draws you in." Gabriella discovers that she is a surprisingly good athlete and the only “non-modified” able to compete with genetically modified super-athletes. Did she become this way because of a genetic modification experiment her father conducted? Who killed her father and why? Are they after her? (Hint: They are.) She’s offered a spot on a semi-pro farm team in Philadelphia. It’s her and her mother’s only escape from the dirt and dung of the shanty towns and favelas of Brazil so she takes it. But that puts her squarely in NuGen’s sights. Kyle and Sebastian are NuGen liaisons to the team. Kyle is gorgeous but can he be trusted? Reviewers are saying of this young adult, action packed, fast paced, romantic adventure, "I was completely hooked." Gabriella meets Smith, a researcher who worked with her father. Her mother is smitten but Gabriella doesn’t trust him. What should she do? And why does it seem like he’s collecting fingerprints off her glass or stray strands of her hair? Why is he so interested in her DNA? Due to her new-found notoriety, a physicist presents her the opportunity to be the spokesperson for his new invention, the Dimensional Transport Machine. The machine allows for near instantaneous travel across the planet by entering a portal one side of the planet and exiting on another. In between is a different dimension, but there’s nothing there so no worries, right? Or is there. A tightly packed piece of work that demonstrates that this author knows his way around a story. --Robin Lynn After entering the portal, Gabriella sees a ghost-like creature who looks uncharacteristically like her dead father. Is it him? But why doesn’t he behave like her father? Why does his voice sound like that? Why doesn’t he hug her and love her, instead of being so distant? Who is the man in the Void? With NuGen on her heels and her father's ominous warnings, Gabriella is on a quest to find out her true identity and solve the mystery of her dad's murder. Part thriller, part sci-fi, and part mystery, Gabriella and Dr. Duggan's Secret Dimensional Transport Machine is suspenseful and exhilarating to read. It picks up speed as it goes along, and is impossible to put down. --Kelly Full of action, drama, comedy, with a fair sprinkling of romance, this book will appeal to the young adult who is looking for a fast paced, edge-of-your-seat adventure full of mysteries that will keep you guessing. Who is Gabriella? Is she modified? Is her father really her father? Or was she cooked up in a lab? If Gabriella can completely reinvent herself, casting aside her fictional past, who does she want to be? Using the machine unleashes a bizarre and entertaining series of events that helps Gabriella discover who she is and who she wants to be.

A young adult action packed romance adventure that will keep readers guessing as mystery after mystery unfolds.Gabriella, teenage girl tries to discover herself in a futuristic world of genetic modification, extreme sports and new science. Oh, and there just happens to be a dimensional portal too.This science fiction tale sizzled and sparkled with energy, ingenuity, imagination, and a wonderfully heightened sense of adventure! --B WhiteGabriella, a teenage girl who lives a simple life selling shoes in her parents clothing store, has her life turned upside down when two NuGen goons show up at their store. Shortly thereafter, her father is dead, tragically, and she finds out the entire life she had been living is a lie. They must change their name, run and hide, leaving everything behind that very night.So starts the whirlwind adventure, a mystery set in a futuristic society, where affluent folks can have their children modified through genetic upgrades, that readers are calling "Compelling," "so good!" and a "great story that draws you in." Gabriella discovers that she is a surprisingly good athlete and the only “non-modified” able to compete with genetically modified super-athletes. Did she become this way because of a genetic modification experiment her father conducted? Who killed her father and why? Are they after her? (Hint: They are.)She’s offered a spot on a semi-pro farm team in Philadelphia. It’s her and her mother’s only escape from the dirt and dung of the shanty towns and favelas of Brazil so she takes it. But that puts her squarely in NuGen’s sights.Kyle and Sebastian are NuGen liaisons to the team. Kyle is gorgeous but can he be trusted? Reviewers are saying of this young adult, action packed, fast paced, romantic adventure, "I was completely hooked."Gabriella meets Smith, a researcher who worked with her father. Her mother is smitten but Gabriella doesn’t trust him. What should she do? And why does it seem like he’s collecting fingerprints off her glass or stray strands of her hair? Why is he so interested in her DNA? Due to her new-found notoriety, a physicist presents her the opportunity to be the spokesperson for his new invention, the Dimensional Transport Machine. The machine allows for near instantaneous travel across the planet by entering a portal one side of the planet and exiting on another. In between is a different dimension, but there’s nothing there so no worries, right? Or is there.A tightly packed piece of work that demonstrates that this author knows his way around a story. --Robin LynnAfter entering the portal, Gabriella sees a ghost like creature who looks uncharacteristically like her dead father. Is it him? But why doesn’t he behave like her father? Why does his voice sound like that? Why doesn’t he hug her and love her, instead of being so distant? Who is the man in the Void?With NuGen on her heels and her father's ominous warnings, Gabriella is on a quest to find out her true identity and solve the mystery of her dad's murder.Part thriller, part sci-fi, and part mystery, Gabriella and Dr. Duggan's Secret Dimensional Transport Machine is suspenseful and exhilarating to read. It picks up speed as it goes along, and is impossible to put down. --KellyFull of action, drama, comedy, with a fair sprinkling of romance, this book will appeal to the young adult who is looking for a fast paced, edge-of-your-seat adventure full of mysteries that will keep you guessing.Who is Gabriella? Is she modified? Is her father really her father? Or was she cooked up in a lab? If Gabriella can completely reinvent herself, casting aside her fictional past, who does she want to be?Using the machine unleashes a bizarre and entertaining series of events that helps Gabriella discover who she is and who she wants to be.

A new fantasy-romance adventure from the multi-award winning author of Under The Shadow Of Darkness. Bel, a wizard’s apprentice, accompanies his master to the capital city to help negotiate a truce between warring kingdoms, but he finds much more than he bargained for. Shireen, Bel’s long lost love, is there and their romance is quickly rekindled. There’s only one problem with that though--magicians are to remain celibate under penalty of excommunication. It is the trade that every wizard must make; to join the royal priesthood and become a magician one must forsake all relationships and sacrifice love to gain knowledge. Are they strong enough to give each other up once again?It’s a fantasy tale that sizzles, sparkles and pops with energy, ingenuity, imagination, and a wonderfully heightened sense of adventure.In dragon’s castle all is not what it seems. Gedd, a fellow wizard from a neighboring kingdom, seems to know just a little too much about how and why the kingdoms are at war. Is he influencing the kings to attack? The avians and the birds they control are everywhere. The avians have not forgotten their losses at the hands of the Greenland warriors and the Eastern Forest Kingdom is pushing to expand. The forest is full of adversaries, each having different motivations and goals. Yet one thing they all have in mind, to conquer the capital city.An award winning, young adult, action packed, fantasy romance adventure that will keep readers guessing as mystery after mystery unfolds. All Bel wants to do is train under his master. He just acquired a full wizard’s staff, at great difficulty, so he has no interest in going off on some boring trek to negotiate a truce. But when they arrive, all is not what it seems. He finds that Shireen is apprentice under Meetta and Bel can’t keep his eyes off his former love. His master seems to have a strange, hypnotic attraction for Meetta, but that couldn’t be right, could it? Wizards aren’t allowed! A fellow wizard, Gedd, from a neighboring kingdom seems to know just a little too much about how and why the kingdoms are at war. Is he influencing them? The avians and the birds they control are everywhere. What do they seek? Readers everywhere are calling it "compelling," "amazing" and a "story that draws you in and sweeps you off your feet." This young adult, fantasy romance adventure is told from the perspective of Bel, Shireen, Meetta and Nes’egrinon, the two apprentices and their two masters as they each try to figure out what is going on as the kingdoms stagger-step close and closer to war, while trying to sort out their intense feelings for each other.Bel and Shireen fall in love all over again and it is only after they come to this stark realization that they don’t know what to do about it. It is the trade that every wizard must make. To become a magician one must forsake all relationships; give up love to gain knowledge. What choice will Bel and Shireen make? Are they strong enough? Can they give each other up? Should they?Reviewers are saying of this young adult, action packed, fast paced, romantic adventure, "a perfect marriage of fantasy and romance. I was gushing for their love affair and bouncing through the action scenes. I couldn’t get enough of it." It’s a fast paced, young adult adventure tale full of swords and sorcery, mythical creatures, animals and dragons. The dragon’s castle is sure to delight fans of fantasy romance drama.Part thriller, part fantasy, and part mystery, The Dragon’s Castle is suspenseful and exhilarating to read. It is impossible to put down. Full of action, drama, comedy, with a full dose of romance, this book will appeal to the young adult who is looking for a fast paced, edge-of-your-seat adventure full of mysteries that will keep you guessing. Who is Gedd and what is he after? Why are the avians patrolling the skies and what is the relic they seek? What is the smell in the castle and why does only Bel’s master detect it?

Join or Fight. Escape or Die. Love now. Lose Forever.A heartrending, dystopian tale of choices and control from the multi-award winning science fiction author of Under The Shadow Of Darkness.In a dark future, Jessia and Isaias, two pleb teenagers scraping a living by selling scrap out of the dump, want to program, become citizens and escape the fetid slum lanes of Community 17. But if they don’t both make it, they will be eternally separated. Can Jessia share her feelings with Isaias and risk their friendship? Can she allow herself to love a man that might remain a pleb forever? Can he?Living in Community 17, Isaias is exposed to a constant push-pull struggle. He wants to escape the fetid slum lanes by becoming a citizen—if he can only pass programming. He has a dream: a small home in the city, married to Jessia, surrounded by his children at his knees. Is that life even in his grasp?A dystopian tale that sizzles, sparkles and pops with energy, ingenuity, imagination, and a wonderfully heightened sense of adventure. You won’t want to put it down until the dramatic ending.In Community 17, all is not what it seems. Woe to any pleb found associating with the free thinkers for those taken to harmonization are never seen again. The free thinkers desire to upend society and stop the foul and inhumane treatment of plebs by alerting citizens to their plight through violent insurrection. They engage Isaias to that aim. The reward for successfully carrying out a mission is Shambala, a place where one can think freely. But is Shambala the paradise every pleb says it is?This dystopian young adult, action packed, romance adventure will keep readers guessing as mystery after mystery unfolds.This young adult, fantasy romance adventure is told from the perspective of Isaias and Jessia, two best friends trying to each program, become citizens and escape the slum lanes of Community 17 while trying to sort out their intense feelings for each other.Jessia, Isaias’s best friend, wants to program, become a citizen and escape Community 17. Can Jessia share her feelings with Isaias and risk their friendship? Can she allow herself to love a man that might remain a pleb forever. Reviewers are saying of this young adult, dystopian, action packed, fast paced, romantic adventure, a perfect marriage of dystopian apocalyptic fiction, fist punching action and romance. “I was gushing for their love affair and bouncing through the action scenes.” It’s a fast paced, dystopian, young adult adventure tale of a controlling society and the fatal choice to join it or fight against its atrocities. Community 17 is sure to delight fans of dystopian, romance drama. Part thriller, part dystopian, and part mystery, Community 17 is suspenseful and exhilarating to read. It is impossible to put down. Full of action and drama with a full dose of romance, this book will appeal to the young adult who is looking for a fast paced, edge-of-your-seat adventure full of mysteries that will keep you guessing. Will Isaias and Jessia finally become citizens? Will they reveal their love for each other? What lengths is Isaias willing to go to achieve his dream? Will it change him?A tale of a controlling society and the fatal choice to join it or fight against its atrocities, Community 17 is sure to delight fans of dystopian, romance drama.

Finalist, The 2014 Wishing Shelf Book Awards, 9-12 year old category. In this fast paced, Children's holiday science fiction adventure, Edwin, a fourteen-year-old and an odd character dressed as Santa Claus attempt to stop aliens and save the planet in 1950's Manhattan.When Edwin cuts his finger, dripping a few drops of blood onto a bone-colored tracking device he becomes a target of a group of aliens that think he holds the secret to the human race's defeat. The only person who seems to know what to do is a fat man wearing a Santa Claus suit and he somehow seems to know just a little too much.Who is he and why does he know so much? Where did the aliens come from and what are they after? Can a Fourteen-year-old wandering the cold, empty streets of Manhattan late on Christmas Eve and an odd character dressed as Santa Claus stop the aliens, save the planet and discover the true meaning of Christmas?Readers are calling it "packed with humor, action" and "adventure" and "intelligent and thoroughly enjoyable." Grab hold of this children's science fiction Christmas adventure and take a wild ride.One day, Edwin's father, Fundy, witnesses a strange object falling out of the sky. When he realizes a person is in it, he helps the red-suited man pull his strange vehicle out of the muck with his horse, Paulo. As Santa flies off, he accidentally drops his ring.After his encounter with the strange man, Fundy and his wife move to the United States, hoping to find happiness, but instead they eventually get divorced, placing Edwin in a children's home when neither of them could take care of their son. When Edwin is dropped off at the children's home, Fundy gives his son his most prized possession, the Santa's ring.Several years after his divorce, Fundy has remarried, has a little girl, acquired a decent job, and wishes for Edwin to come back home. Whether for rage or guilt, Edwin cannot bring himself to do this. He feels as though his home is no longer his own as if a strange woman is living there. Edwin knows that he will no longer see his father and actual mother together ever again, but it's just not right to him.Called, "an absolute gem of a story aimed at our 8 -10 yr olds," it brings "a wonderful slant to a timeless classic" that seems to have always lived around Santa Claus and the gift of Christmas, bringing us closer to that Original Christmas.As the aliens chase Edwin through the cold, dark streets on Christmas Eve, steadily getting closer and closer, you will run with Edwin as he tries to determine what in the world is going on? Who are those people that are chasing him? Why does Santa seem to know about Edwin being tracked?Amid the dashing through a city to escape strange people chasing him, our hero discovers things about himself that he has never known and learns just how valuable family really is.During the fight between Edwin, Santa Claus and the aliens, our hero learns just how much difference loyalty and friendship can make and that family values are the real gifts that Christmas brings."There is simply something about the character Edwin that I really fell in love with and latched on to. Perhaps it was his family situation and the decision that he had to make when deciding whether to live with his reconstructed family or stay at a children's home that naturally drew me to him."A holiday Christmas tale about a dysfunctional family coming together married to a science fiction adventure involving an alien scouting party prior to a full-scale alien invasion, this one is sure to please middle-grade students and adults alike. Set in a 1950's Manhattan, the book has a retro feel but the situations and family conflicts are timeless. A brisk, fast-paced and entertaining novel that constantly engages the reader with new developments, Santa Claus vs the Aliens is full of tense situations interspersed with fun, laughs and comedy.

The forest is vast. His howls haunt the wood. Only a great sacrifice can stop him. The Night Wolf.A young adult, fantasy romance tale full character-driven drama that will keep you turning pages and up late at night. Perfect for young adults who love magic, wizards, swords and sorcery. The book is full of drama and comedy and is the prelude to an intense romance in the following books of the series.When Fleck and his master are beset by the night-wolf, Fleck is forced along a dark, treacherous journey that tests the limits of his magic. And if he fails the woman he loves may perish.

Sixteen short stories that delve into a small town in Mexico, where legends, true stories, and horrors collide. "The Lost Children" is a true story about two kids who wander too far from home. "The Brave Peasant" is a legendary figure of a small town who stood up to the oppression of his people. "A Son's Love" tells of a son and his desperate search to find his father during a winter storm. "A Silent Killer" is about the tragic aftermath of a small town after a pandemic hits and a brave woman who tries to save her family. This and many more are included here in this collection of my father's short stories.

Gabriella, a teenage girl who recently lost her genetics researcher father in suspicious circumstances, discovers that she is a surprisingly good athlete and the only “non-modified” able to compete with genetically modified super-athletes. Did she become this way because of a genetic modification experiment her father conducted? Who killed her father and why? Are they after her? Due to her notoriety, a scientist presents her the opportunity to be the spokesperson for his new invention, the Dimensional Transport Machine. Using the machine unleashes a bizarre and entertaining series of events that helps Gabriella discover who she is and who she wants to be.

Finalist – The Wishing Shelf Children’s Book Awards – 9-12 year old Category.Indie BRAG Award Winner.In this fast paced, Children’s holiday science fiction adventure, Edwin, a fourteen year old and an odd character dressed as Santa Claus attempt to stop aliens and save the planet in 1950’s Manhattan.When Edwin cuts his finger, dripping a few drops of blood onto a bone-colored tracking device he becomes a target of a group of aliens that think he holds the secret to the human race’s defeat. The only person who seems to know what to do is a fat man wearing a Santa Claus suit and he somehow seems to know just a little too much.Who is he and why does he know so much? Where did the aliens come from and what are they after? Can a Fourteen year old wandering the cold, empty streets of Manhattan late on Christmas Eve and an odd character dressed as Santa Claus stop the aliens, save the planet and discover the true meaning of Christmas?Readers are calling it “packed with humor, action” and “adventure” and “intelligent and thoroughly enjoyable.” Grab hold of this children’s science fiction Christmas adventure and take a wild ride.One day, Edwin’s father, Fundy, witnesses a strange object falling out of the sky. When he realizes a person is in it, he helps the red suited man pull his strange vehicle out of the muck with his horse, Paulo. As Santa flies off, he accidentally drops his ring.After his encounter with the strange man, Fundy and his wife move to the United States, hoping to find happiness, but instead they eventually get divorced, placing Edwin in a children's home when neither of them could take care of their son. When Edwin is dropped off at the children’s home, Fundy gives his son his most prized possession, the Santa’s ring. Several years after his divorce, Fundy has remarried, has a little girl, acquired a decent job, and wishes for Edwin to come back home. Whether for rage or guilt, Edwin cannot bring himself to do this. He feels as though his home is no longer his own, as if a strange woman is living there. Edwin knows that he will no longer see his father and actual mother together ever again, but it's just not right to him.Called, “an absolute gem of a story aimed at our 8 -10 yr olds,” it brings “a wonderful slant to a timeless classic” that seems to have always lived around Santa Claus and the gift of Christmas, bringing us closer to that Original Christmas. As the aliens chase Edwin through the cold, dark streets on Christmas Eve, steadily getting closer and closer, you will run with Edwin as he tries to determine what in the world is going on? Who are those people that are chasing him? Why does Santa seem to know about Edwin being tracked?Amid the dashing through a city to escape strange people chasing him, our hero discovers things about himself that he has never known and learns just how valuable family really is. During the fight between Edwin, Santa Claus and the aliens, our hero learns just how much difference loyalty and friendship can make and that family values are the real gifts that Christmas brings.“There is simply something about the character Edwin that I really fell in love with and latched on to. Perhaps it was his family situation and the decision that he had to make when deciding whether to live with his reconstructed family or stay at a children's home that naturally drew me to him.” --Annette HussA holiday Christmas tale about a dysfunctional family coming together married to a science fiction adventure involving an alien scouting party prior to a full scale alien invasion, this one is sure to please middle grade students and adults alike. Set in a 1950’s Manhattan, the book has a retro feel but the situations and family conflicts are timeless. A brisk, fast paced and entertaining novel that constantly engages the reader with new developments, Santa Claus vs the Aliens is full of tense situations interspersed with fun, laughs and comedy.

An award winning, young adult, action packed, fantasy romance adventure that will keep readers guessing as mystery after mystery unfolds. Bel, a wizard’s apprentice accompanies his master to the capitol city to help negotiate a truce between warring kingdoms, but when they arrive he finds much more than he bargained for. His long lost love, Shireen is there and their romance is quickly rekindled. There’s only one problem with that though-magician’s are to remain celibate under penalty of excommunication.It’s a fantasy tale that sizzles, sparkles and pops with energy, ingenuity, imagination, and a wonderfully heightened sense of adventure.All Bel wants to do is train under his master. He just acquired a full wizard’s staff, at great difficulty, so he has no interest in going off on some boring trek to negotiate a truce. But when they arrive, all is not what it seems. He finds that Shireen is apprentice under Meetta and Bel can’t keep his eyes off his former love. His master seems to have a strange, hypnotic attraction for Meetta, but that couldn’t be right, could it? Wizard’s aren’t allowed! A fellow wizard, Gedd, from a neighboring kingdom seems to know just a little to much about how and why the kingdoms are at war. Is he influencing them? The avians and the birds they control are everywhere. What do they seek? Readers everywhere are calling it "compelling," "amazing" and a "story that draws you in and sweeps you off your feet." This young adult, fantasy romance adventure is told from the perspective of Bel, Shireen, Meetta and Nes’egrinon, the two apprentices and their two masters as they each try to figure out what is going on as the kingdoms stagger-step close and closer to war, while trying to sort out their intense feelings for each other.Bel and Shireen fall in love all over again and it is only after they come to this stark realization that they don’t know what to do about it. It is the trade that every wizard must make. To become a magician they must forsake all relationships; they must give up love to gain knowledge. What choice will Bel and Shireen make? Are they strong enough? Can they give each other up? Should they?Reviewers are saying of this young adult, action packed, fast paced, romantic adventure, "a perfect marriage of fantasy and romance. I was gushing for their love affair and bouncing through the action scenes. I couldn’t get enough of it." Bel learns of the history of the kingdoms and all is not so rosy as there is bad blood of the decades that is coming to call. The avians and the creature-kind have not forgotten their losses at the hands of the Greenland warriors and the Eastern Forest Kingdom is pushing to expand. The forest is full of adversaries, each of which having different motivations and goals. Yet one thing they all have in mind, to conquer the capitol city. That is where the four wizards find themselves, at the center of a besieged city, surrounded by soldiers eager for blood.It’s a fast paced, young adult adventure tale full of swords and sorcery, mythical creatures, animals and dragons. The dragon’s castle is sure to delight fans of fantasy romance drama.Part thriller, part fantasy, and part mystery, The Dragon’s Castle is suspenseful and exhilarating to read. It is impossible to put down. Full of action, drama, comedy, with a full dose of romance, this book will appeal to the young adult who is looking for a fast paced, edge-of-your-seat adventure full of mysteries that will keep you guessing. Who is Gedd and what is he after? Why are the avians patrolling the skies and what is the relic they seek? What is the smell in the castle and why does only Bel’s master detect it? Will Bel and Shireen sort out their relationship or will it destroy them?

Finalist – The Wishing Shelf Children’s Book Awards – 9-12 year old Category.Indie BRAG Award Winner.In this fast paced, Children’s holiday science fiction adventure, Edwin, a fourteen year old and an odd character dressed as Santa Claus attempt to stop aliens and save the planet in 1950’s Manhattan.When Edwin cuts his finger, dripping a few drops of blood onto a bone-colored tracking device he becomes a target of a group of aliens that think he holds the secret to the human race’s defeat. The only person who seems to know what to do is a fat man wearing a Santa Claus suit and he somehow seems to know just a little too much.Who is he and why does he know so much? Where did the aliens come from and what are they after? Can a Fourteen year old wandering the cold, empty streets of Manhattan late on Christmas Eve and an odd character dressed as Santa Claus stop the aliens, save the planet and discover the true meaning of Christmas?Readers are calling it “packed with humor, action” and “adventure” and “intelligent and thoroughly enjoyable.” Grab hold of this children’s science fiction Christmas adventure and take a wild ride.One day, Edwin’s father, Fundy, witnesses a strange object falling out of the sky. When he realizes a person is in it, he helps the red suited man pull his strange vehicle out of the muck with his horse, Paulo. As Santa flies off, he accidentally drops his ring.After his encounter with the strange man, Fundy and his wife move to the United States, hoping to find happiness, but instead they eventually get divorced, placing Edwin in a children's home when neither of them could take care of their son. When Edwin is dropped off at the children’s home, Fundy gives his son his most prized possession, the Santa’s ring. Several years after his divorce, Fundy has remarried, has a little girl, acquired a decent job, and wishes for Edwin to come back home. Whether for rage or guilt, Edwin cannot bring himself to do this. He feels as though his home is no longer his own, as if a strange woman is living there. Edwin knows that he will no longer see his father and actual mother together ever again, but it's just not right to him.Called, “an absolute gem of a story aimed at our 8 -10 yr olds,” it brings “a wonderful slant to a timeless classic” that seems to have always lived around Santa Claus and the gift of Christmas, bringing us closer to that Original Christmas. As the aliens chase Edwin through the cold, dark streets on Christmas Eve, steadily getting closer and closer, you will run with Edwin as he tries to determine what in the world is going on? Who are those people that are chasing him? Why does Santa seem to know about Edwin being tracked?Amid the dashing through a city to escape strange people chasing him, our hero discovers things about himself that he has never known and learns just how valuable family really is. During the fight between Edwin, Santa Claus and the aliens, our hero learns just how much difference loyalty and friendship can make and that family values are the real gifts that Christmas brings.“There is simply something about the character Edwin that I really fell in love with and latched on to. Perhaps it was his family situation and the decision that he had to make when deciding whether to live with his reconstructed family or stay at a children's home that naturally drew me to him.” --Annette HussA holiday Christmas tale about a dysfunctional family coming together married to a science fiction adventure involving an alien scouting party prior to a full scale alien invasion, this one is sure to please middle grade students and adults alike. Set in a 1950’s Manhattan, the book has a retro feel but the situations and family conflicts are timeless. A brisk, fast paced and entertaining novel that constantly engages the reader with new developments, Santa Claus vs the Aliens is full of tense situations interspersed with fun, laughs and comedy.