Books with author Jim Norton

Middle school was never so wacky and scary!Try a sample of Firebike and I think you will have trouble not looking to turn the next page!The room came to life! Everything began moving! Then, I swear, my heart stopped!The Quetzal bird on the emperor’s shoulder threw its head back and let out the most hideous laugh we had ever heard. It sent shudders all through me!Then, even worse, the emperor put his head back and laughed the same way. I could hardly get a breath out. My legs had trouble holding me up. I wanted to run, but I was frozen in place. My eyes were locked on the eyes of Fire. He gave a gruesome smile and ripped the huge diamond out of his crown. He spit on it and set it on fire, then hurled the flaming jewel right at us!Chicago screamed, “He wants to kill us! Duck!” We fell to the floor, but it was too late. The jewel hit us, and we were covered with flames!This humorous, tween ghost story will delight you and your kids. Wogs and Chicago meet Fire, a fantastic new kid in Creekville Middle School. Fire has amazing powers that cause quite a stir in the school and the town of Creekville. Cord and his gang try to show Fire who is boss during a frightening bike race at the old highway out of town. There are many questions to be answered: Is Fire's hand haunted? Does he have mystical powers? What is really going on over the doughnut shop?The ending will leave you with many other questions.Also, check out our other ebooks: Scrambled Babies, a romantic comedy, Dolly Recycles, a romantic comedy, and 100 Incredibly Short Plays, Volume I, a new look at stage plays—satire, humor, theater of absurd.Finally, we, as former teachers have written a great help to new college students--Surviving Your 1st Year of College. Check it out! We put stuff in there professors don't want you to hear!

Embark on a Space mission with Jim and uncover the secrets of our Solar System. Learn about The Sun, The Moon, The Eight Planets and their moons through a - FIRST PERSON - SPACE EXPERIENCE. A journey filled with thrills that will help you to gain new insights into "Astronomy" through studying our own very unique Solar System! The book has good quality pictures, a story-base and descriptive texts to give you a fun and interactive experience while learning new things. A suitable read for both kids and adults!

Nuts by A. J. Norton is Elsie Mable's first amazing adventure. It's a heart-warming yet spine-chilling tale of madness and mayhem introducing fifteen-year-old Elsie Mable as she experiences the most terrifying adventure of her young life.After Elsie commits the cardinal sin of forgetting her adrenaline auto-injector, and nearly dies from anaphylaxis in the middle of a live, TV talent-show audition, she's sent to her mum's country cottage for a week of rest and recovery, with just her best friend Sam and her mum's two dogs, Lulu and Elvis, for company.But when Lulu and Elvis are kidnapped by brain eating aliens late one night in the middle of the English countryside, Elsie finds herself in a world she never knew existed, facing an enemy she has no hope of defeating, in a battle she has no idea how to win. Join Elsie, her best friend Sam, Sam's very annoying little brother Walter, Lulu the loveable chocolate Labrador and Elvis the energetic Westie as they discover the real meaning of adrenaline and nearly go nuts trying to survive Elsie Mable's first amazing adventure. Laugh, cry and scream along with them as they team up with UFO and Unsolved Mystery Reporter, Angie 'Special Tactics' Brown, and risk everything to expose the shocking truth that nearly killed Angie's dad, and now threatens to kill them all..."I could talk for years about this book! This story would make a brilliant movie as it's fullof action, adventure and brilliant characters. It had me from the first page."Siena Taylor (age 13) "Loved it. Very entertaining and easy to read."Cristian Cardenas (age 44)

Saran James is your typical Junior at Bentonville High School. Active in Journalism and Basketball, she loves traveling abroad, learning and most of all her family and friends. That is until she meets Kalem Donovan. A transfer student, Kalem is quiet and intriquing yet Saran gets the feeling that she has known him all of her life. As a Chosen, Kalem has always separated the "seen from the unseen" but when he was assigned Saran, everything changed.Romantic and full of suspense and drama, Masquerade encapsulates the inner conflict between doing what is expected versus writing a new destiny. This is a love story that truly takes flight.

Sewer Simon has lived in the sewer as long as he can remember. His body has made certain adaptations to allow him to live in its dark, damp and slimy disease ridden conditions. He roams the city's sewer system from end to end each day, checking out any new occurrences and its present state of being. His adventures in the sewer bring him into contact with many different creatures and situations. Join him as he makes his way through the tunnels of the city's sewer system.