Books with author D. L. Wilson

Lucas Tavera is twelve years old. He has been in an accident, and now something is terribly wrong with him. His mother is convinced he’s close to death, and the CIA has taken him into custody. All Lucas is certain of is that, somehow, he’s been given incredible powers. As a dark organization emerges, Lucas is told he must use his powers to fight, but he soon realizes that his greatest enemy is still hidden beneath the surface.

Fans of Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee and Louis Sachar's Holes will enjoy this story about a boy and the ancient secrets that hide deep in the heart of the Florida everglades near a place called Muck City.When Charlie moves to the small town of Taper, Florida, he discovers a different world. Pinned between the everglades and the swampy banks of Lake Okeechobee, the small town produces sugar cane . . . and the fastest runners in the country. Kids chase muck rabbits in the fields while the cane is being burned and harvested. Dodging flames and blades and breathing smoke, they run down the rabbits for three dollars a skin. And when they can do that, running a football is easy. But there are things in the swamp, roaming the cane at night, that cannot be explained, and they seem connected to sprawling mounds older than the swamps. Together with his step-second cousin "Cotton" Mack, the fastest boy on the muck, Charlie hunts secrets in the glades and on the muck flats where the cane grows secrets as old as the soft earth, secrets that haunted, tripped, and trapped the original native tribes, ensnared conquistadors, and buried runaway slaves. Secrets only the muck knows.

The day Edgar is initiated as a wizard's apprentice he findsout that magic may be fading from existence.With very little training, he must journey with his uncle and master,Magnus, to uncover the source of the magical disturbances before it's too late. When Adelaidetook an apprentice job with a local herbalist, she never dreamed that the herbshop was merely a front for a secret magical lair. Women aren't allowed to use magic in the kingdom of Chadwick, but that hasn't stopped Addy'smaster, Hestia, from secretly performing magic anyway. Addy learns all about the different shades ofmagic, and the punishment of death that awaits any woman caught using thecraft. When The Ancient Fellowship charges Magnus and Edgar with researchingthe loss of magic, their investigation leads them to a small herbal shop whereEdgar and Adelaidediscover the vast history shared by their masters. They embark on an adventure to try and salvagethe very fabric of magic itself. Shades of Magic is a story of self discovery andlove.

N. D. Wilson, author of Leepike Ridge and 100 Cupboards, returns with an action-packed adventure that will captivate fans of both Percy Jackson and Indiana Jones with lost civilizations, ancient secrets, and buried treasure.For two years, Cyrus and Antigone Smith have run a sagging roadside motel with their older brother, Daniel. Nothing ever seems to happen. Then a strange old man with bone tattoos arrives, demanding a specific room.Less than 24 hours later, the old man is dead. The motel has burned, and Daniel is missing. And Cyrus and Antigone are kneeling in a crowded hall, swearing an oath to an order of explorers who have long served as caretakers of the world's secrets, keepers of powerful relics from lost civilizations, and jailers to unkillable criminals who have terrorized the world for millennia.From the Hardcover edition.

Being separated from a parent can be saddening, but My Happy Day shows kids that there’s no need to be sad when you know another visit is coming! Read this lyrical story together to enjoy all the good things about having a parent visit you that make it a “Happy Day.” With colorful illustrations and a message that will have parents and children alike beaming with joy, My Happy Day is a great book that teaches children about separation in a new and refreshing way.

Percy Fitz gazed at the mountains that loomed before him as he stood on the deck of his family's cabin. He longed to explore them, but his mother wouldn't allow it. She wouldn't allow him to do hardly anything. Whatever he did do, he got in trouble for. Those mountains attracted him as nothing else in his life had. He didn't fit in his family, but he felt he could fit somewhere in those mountains. Someday when he was older he was determined to explore them. He knew they held adventure and excitement. What he could never have imagined is that within days he would be not only in them, but under them, and off on an unimaginable adventure. It would be an adventure that included talking mountain lions, a hidden kingdom, a king that proclaimed Percy the answer to a riddle, a magical sword, a beautiful princess, killer beetles the size of cows, and a variety of menacing creatures only mentioned in ancient books. Was he up to this much adventure? Was this the place where he could truly fit in?

From Publishers Weekly This theological ride thrills with a colorful whir of profound and profoundly amusing meditations on creation, existence and God. Product Description A visual, poetic exploration of the narrative nature of the world and the personality of the Poet behind it all. When Nate Wilson looks at the world around him, he asks "What is this place? Why is this place? Who approved it? Am I supposed to take it seriously?" What could such an outlandish, fantastical world say about its Creator? In these sparkling chapters, Wilson gives an aesthetic examination of the ways in which humanity has tried to make sense of this overwhelming carnival ride of a world. He takes a whimsical, thought-provoking look at everything from the "magic" of quantum physics, to nature's absurdities, to the problem of evil, evolution and hell. These frequently humorous, and uniquely beautiful portraits express reality unknown to many Christians-the reality of God's story unfolding around and among us. As the author says, "Welcome to His poem. His play. His novel. His comedy. Let the pages flick your thumbs."