Books with author Christopher Michaud

Salem Price has a monster of a problem. Just days after moving with his family to Madison, Wisconsin—the so-called Mad City of the Midwest—Salem spots a werewolf crawling around the dome of the old State Capitol building. And even worse, the werewolf spots him.Suddenly, Salem finds himself in a race against the clock to discover the identity of the werewolf, to learn why it has been sniffing around the State Capitol, and to assemble a motley mix of Mad City monster hunters to stop the lycanthropic brute!Along the way, Salem and his new friends discover a secret portal to an alternate dimension—the REAL Mad City itself—full of zombies, skeletons, vampires, witches, and more. There, they will need to find the key to defeating the werewolf, bring it back to their own dimension, and confront the beast that threatens to not only destroy Salem and his family…but wreak havoc on the entire Capitol City!Join Salem, his new best friend Ilse, the fake zombie Fiendish Bob, their young pal Patches, and Karloff the farting dog on their madcap, suspenseful, hilarious first adventure in Mad City!If you like THE GOONIES, GOOSEBUMPS, and the SCREAM STREET books, you will love MAD CITY MONSTER HUNTERS: WRATH OF THE WEREWOLF!

[Nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for YA Fiction] After a double murder shakes a suburban town, a boy's life becomes the center of a chain-reaction of events that affects everyone around him. Luther McRae, an introverted family product of a busy mother, an overworked father and an autistic sister keeps the secrets of his preteen angst written down on scraps of paper and locked away in a box. That is, until a new girl arrives in town like a whirlwind to break down his walls and invade his guarded, emotional turf. Boy in Box is a story about growing up and finding identity amid the chaos and confusion of puberty and the anxiety of entering into a stressful adult world while questioning whether everything happens for a reason.

Carlo Cool is just like any other thirteen year old boy. Well, that's as long as any other thirteen year old boy has a good friend named Mr Helios, who gives them a very special gift called a Starbox. This very special gift, turns out to be a gateway that opens up visits to strange worlds, even stranger beings, danger, new friends and oh, yes, a mission to save the Universe! If that doesn't happen to all thirteen year old boys, then i guess you could say that Carlo Cool is one of a kind!

This is the unconventional story of a teenaged entrepreneur who grew a successful business against all odds. It offers a unique perspective, detailing how a kid can start a business, make every mistake in the book (literally), and keep going. After reading this book, will you learn how to be the next Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, or Mark Zuckerberg? No, because that has already been done. If you are on the edge, dreaming about owning a business, the only way to know if you can do it is to conquer every imaginable fear and simply get it done. This is not a steps-to-success book or a sappy “it’s so easy everyone can do it” book. In reality, being an entrepreneur is so rewarding that I wish everyone could experience what it’s like to own their own business, but more importantly find a job they love.