Books with author Jeffrey Martin

It’s Frisky’s first birthday, and he has decided to make it the best day of his life. He figures that no one cares because he is just a dog, but he doesn’t mind because he knows that every day is as special as you make it, no better, and no worse. In the living room he has a present. It’s a Saint Bernard dog, his new little sister named Holly. They become instant friends and Frisky shows her all the things a dog needs to know. Frisky’s fairy friend, Boo, shows up. She is taking some scissors to her mermaid friends at the Great Barrier Reef. Fishermen have been fishing near the reef and some of the mermaids are getting caught in the nets. They can use the scissors to cut themselves free. So, the three of them go to Australia for an adventure. They visit Fisherman’s Wharf, Taranga Park Zoo, Bondi Beach, and the Great Barrier Reef. At the reef, one of the mermaids is caught in a net, and the excitement begins. In a fun twist, at the end of the story, Frisky tells Holly it wasn’t the best day of his life. Read the book to find out why.

Central Academy is a fancy charter magnet school from 6th grade to high school. Most of my friends go there so I want to also. Someone showed the Assistant Principal of Central Academy my other story The Girl Who Could Not Read. Mrs. Himmelfarb said maybe I could get in CA for two regular classes and state credit. But first she made me write a fiction story over the summer to stimulate my so-called imagination. While I was slaving away on this, my father almost lost his job as a surgeon at the VA, my Grandpa Ollie moved in after Hurricane Willie drowned New Jersey, my soccer coaches got involved in a romantic scandal, my dog Bozo almost got rabies, and my brother got arrested

A famous painting was stolen from the Art Institute of Chicago. Frisky and Holly are called in to help the police. They search the building, and notice a smell that the police missed. While the police are searching, they go for a Chinese lunch and head to the field Museum. On the way, they find another clue. The police are notified, and the dogs visit the Field Museum. Here, one of the robbers tries to hurt Holly. On the way back to the Art Institute they find another clue. The painting was left at the Art Institute, and the robbers will pick it up tonight. The police set up a stakeout at the Institute and wait. The thief arrives, but manages to get into the building without being detected. The police can’t find him, and it looks like all is lost. Read the book to find out if our heroes can figure this out.

There is a problem in Egypt. Cat burglars have stolen all the cats. The police can’t find them, and Frisky and Holly are called into action. They start at the great Pyramid where the cat burglars were last seen. The clues take them through the pyramid, where they find a lost kitten who had fallen out of one of the bags. The kitten wants to find its family, so the heroes bring it along. They go to the Sphinx, and up the Nile River to the Valley of the Kings. Here they find the final clue which is hidden in King Tut’s tomb. It sends them to the baggage area of the airport where the cats are being taken out of the country in suitcases. But there are hundreds of bags waiting for flights and the dogs figure out which bags contain the cats. The cats are found and released, and the little kitten is reunited with its family. The cat burglars see the cats are escaping and a chase begins. Frisky and Holly stop them, and the cats are returned home. Both dogs are a little wiser, having learned the value of doing the right thing and the power of teamwork.

Max Quick is a pickpocket, a vagabond, an orphan, and a thief. Even so, nothing about him seems particularly special . . . until one day when time mysteriously stops. Suddenly, nearly everyone in the world is frozen in time—except for Max. Now Max must journey across America to find the source of the Time-stop. Along the way, he meets others who aren't suspended in time, like Casey, a girl who's never been on her own until now. Together, as they search for the cause of this disaster, Max and his companions encounter ancient mysteries, magic books, and clues to the riddle of stopped time. But relentless and mysterious villains are hot on Max's heels and will do everything in their power to prevent Max from ending the Time-stop. And the closer Max gets to the answers, the more it seems that his own true identity is not what he once believed. Racing against a clock that no longer ticks, Max must embrace his past to save his future—and the world—from being altered forever.

The Ambitious Jake Finley is a captivating book about an adventurous young boy who meets life’s challenges head on. Jake pursues a truly ambitious life on Red Oak Lane in the comfortable town of Malibu where his family, friends and neighbors play an important role in his upbringing. Jake, along with his best friend Timmy Leech, is forced to confront several tricky situations and overcome many of life’s most difficult challenges...