Books with author Joe Shaughnessy

#1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR-----Marvin’s family has amazing superpowers, wealth, and beauty. Marvin, however, has none of that. He’s a mistake. Marvin is normal.To make matters worse, Marvin’s dad is the leader of the Galactic Six. He’s the most famous superhero, which means he’s never around. He’s always preventing a natural disaster or fighting a supervillain. Dad’s got work to do, after all.Marvin gets shipped off to superhero boarding school. He hates it and thinks it’s a mistake. He has no powers of his own, so what business does he have wasting his teachers’ time?When a new villain threatens the campus and all life on Earth, Marvin and the other superheroes have a choice: Do they fulfill their destinies as heroes or fight to save the human race?But Marvin’s true test comes as his inheritance hangs in the balance. He must race across the globe to stop the biggest threat mankind has ever faced, all while learning he’s not exactly normal after all.

#1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR-----Marvin’s family has amazing superpowers, wealth, and beauty. Marvin, however, has none of that. He’s a mistake. Marvin is normal.To make matters worse, Marvin’s dad is the leader of the Galactic Six. He’s the most famous superhero, which means he’s never around. He’s always preventing a natural disaster or fighting a supervillain. Dad’s got work to do, after all.Marvin gets shipped off to superhero boarding school. He hates it and thinks it’s a mistake. He has no powers of his own, so what business does he have wasting his teachers’ time?When a new villain threatens the campus and all life on Earth, Marvin and the other superheroes have a choice: Do they fulfill their destinies as heroes or fight to save the human race?But Marvin’s true test comes as his inheritance hangs in the balance. He must race across the globe to stop the biggest threat mankind has ever faced, all while learning he’s not exactly normal after all.

Lilly knows the rules — she’s not supposed to enter the woods behind her house. But when she disobeys, she realizes there is a strong force beyond her control.She learns about a journey that has been waiting for her. What Lilly finds there will change her life forever.She makes new friends and alliances. Along the way she encounters danger and receives help from unlikely sources. But it’s all part of a larger plan — one Lilly cannot avoid.Finally, when Lilly learns the answers to her troubled past, all she wants to do is go home. She never asked for any of this.What shocking twists await Lilly in the Forbidden Forest? Why don’t you follow along and enter — if you dare.

Friends ABE and Pru race to stop the chain of events foretold in Norse myth to lead to Ragnarok--the war that ends the world. It’s been a year since friends ABE and Pru joined Mister Fox’s Fantasy Investigation Bureau to save their hometown from an invasion of Viking gods and giants. Life has been incredibly ordinary ever since. Then the Norse Allfather, Odin, appears with terrible news: Baldur, his favorite son, has been murdered--the first step in a fated chain of events that leads to Ragnarok.Over the Underworld, the second book in the Unbelievable FIB series, takes ABE and Pru on a thrilling new adventure. They outrun trolls, explore Asgard and the Viking underworld, and try to outsmart the Queen of the Dead herself to save the world--and survive seventh grade.

When mythical beings invade the usually ordinary Middletown, it’s up to eleven-year-old Pru and her classmate ABE--with help from an uncommonly rude squirrel and the enigmatic Mister Fox--to save their town from being destroyed by battling Norse gods. But first they have to find the lost Eye of Odin, source of all knowledge--and the key to stopping a war that could destroy both human and immortal realms. Author Adam Shaughnessy draws from classic lore to create a new world where uncertainty opens the door to magic and the last thing you should do is believe your own eyes.A 2015 Summer/Fall Indies Introduce Pick A Fall 2015 Kids’ Indie Next List Pick

MAGIC is everywhere . . . and the last thing you should do is believe your own eyes. Dark clouds and ominous thunder have been hanging over Middleton for days. Some say it’s just bad weather, but eleven-year-old Pru will soon learn that it’s much, much more dangerous than that. Mythical beings are invading her usually ordinary town, and it’s up to Pru and newcomer ABE--with help from an uncommonly rude squirrel and the mysterious Mister Fox--to save their home from being destroyed by battling Norse gods. To do that, they’ll have to outrun trolls and enter worlds of myth and magic. When the pair find themselves locked in a battle against a dangerously clever enemy, they race to find the lost Eye of Odin, source of all knowledge--and the key to stopping a war that could destroy both human and immortal realms.Originally published as The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB.

“It’s started. Ragnarok has started. It’s the end of the world.” It’s been a year since friends ABE and Pru joined Mister Fox’s Fantasy Investigation Bureau to save their hometown from an invasion of Viking gods and giants. Life has been incredibly ordinary ever since. Then the Norse Allfather, Odin, appears with terrible news: Baldur, his favorite son, has been murdered—the first step in a fated chain of events that leads to Ragnarok.In the second book in the Unbelievable FIB series, ABE and Pru must outrun trolls, explore Asgard and the Viking underworld, and try to outsmart the Queen of the Dead herself to save the world—and survive seventh grade.

“What is the Unbelievable FIB?” That’s the question eleven-year-old Prudence Potts discovers on a baffling card no one else in Middleton--except ABE, a new kid at school with a knack for solving riddles--seems to see. Then a mysterious man asks for ABE and Pru’s help investigating mythical beings infiltrating the town, and that’s just the first of many things Pru finds hard to believe. Soon Pru and ABE discover another world beneath their quiet town, where Viking gods lurk just out of sight. And when the pair find themselves locked in a battle against a dangerously clever enemy, they must race to secure the Eye of Odin, source of all knowledge--and the key to stopping a war that could destroy both human and immortal realms. Author Adam Shaughnessy draws from classic lore to create a tale rich in puzzles, plot twists, charming characters, and sly humor in which uncertainty opens the door to magic and the last thing you should do is believe your own eyes.

The Boston Red Sox's loss to the New York Yankees in the 2003 playoffs has been called "the game of the century," evidence that the rivalry between the Red Sox and the Yankees was hotter than ever. In the wake of that defeat, author and Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy updated his bewitching story of the curse that laid over the Red Sox after they sold Babe Ruth to the hated Yankees in 1920. Here he sheds light on classic Sox debacles from the years before they broke the curse and finally reached the World Championship again—from Johnny Pesky's so-called hesitation throw to the horrifying dribbler that slithered between Bill Buckner's legs. Lively and filled with anecdotes, this is baseball folklore at its best.

“It’s started. Ragnarok has started. It’s the end of the world.” It’s been a year since friends ABE and Pru joined Mister Fox’s Fantasy Investigation Bureau to save their hometown from an invasion of Viking gods and giants. Life has been incredibly ordinary ever since. Then the Norse Allfather, Odin, appears with terrible news: Baldur, his favorite son, has been murdered—the first step in a fated chain of events that leads to Ragnarok.In the second book in the Unbelievable FIB series, ABE and Pru must outrun trolls, explore Asgard and the Viking underworld, and try to outsmart the Queen of the Dead herself to save the world—and survive seventh grade.