Books with author John Dowd

This is an updated, expanded edition. Dear Barbara never had an itch she didn't scratch. - AC Lyles, Producer Barbara was like a Catholic church with a blazing neon sign out front. - Tony Provas, Barbara's fourth husband Men were fascinated by Barbara, and she knew she had them under her spell. - Bill Ramage, actor She was a worthwhile person and I only wish she had believed that. - Yvette Vickers, actress I will always love her as she, I believe, has always loved me. - John Lee Payton, Barbara's son Barbara has carved a niche in my heart, something I never expected to happy. - Lisa Burks, Franchot Tone's biographer

This is an updated, expanded edition. Dear Barbara never had an itch she didn't scratch. - AC Lyles, Producer Barbara was like a Catholic church with a blazing neon sign out front. - Tony Provas, Barbara's fourth husband Men were fascinated by Barbara, and she knew she had them under her spell. - Bill Ramage, actor She was a worthwhile person and I only wish she had believed that. - Yvette Vickers, actress I will always love her as she, I believe, has always loved me. - John Lee Payton, Barbara's son Barbara has carved a niche in my heart, something I never expected to happy. - Lisa Burks, Franchot Tone's biographer

Jim, Julia, and Marcel get in over their heads when Jim and Marcel’s boat washes ashore on an island that’s abandoned…or is it?Teenagers Jim and Julia don’t know they are in for the adventure of a lifetime as they travel to Turks and Caicos to help Julia’s father survey the endangered coral reefs. Their explorations lead them to North Caico Island where they discover and befriend Marcel, a young Haitian refugee.While the friends are fishing off the island’s reef one day, a fierce storm blows in and takes Jim and Marcel on a treacherous three-day voyage out to sea. As their food and water run out, the teenagers spot a barren island―Hogsty Reef―with a grounded tanker rusting off shore, where they seek shelter.While searching for food, Jim and Marcel discover that Hogsty Reef is actually not abandoned, but a hideaway for drug dealers and their illegal drug money. While Julia works tirelessly to rescue Jim and Marcel, the boys must find a way to escape without alerting the drug runners, and survive the many dangers of Hogsty Reef in this suspenseful ecological adventure story.

In this sequel to Hogsty Reef, teenagers Jim and Julia reunite, getting embroiled in a search for a missing naturalist as they work in a research station studying endangered wildlife.While in the Turks and Caicos Islands, these two inquisitive teens’ quest leads them directly into the hands of poachers who have ravaged the island’s precious fauna and intend to sell them in the black market of endangered and threatened animals.Jim, Julia, and their new friend Miles get capture with the animals and smuggled to the Dominican Republic just as a hurricane blows in. How will they escape their captors and the deadly storm? Will they be able to stop the poaching operation?With one eye on a twisting and turning plot line and the other on a message concerning the importance of conservation and ecological balance, John Dowd will teach and delight readers.

This is the complete book of Jennifer's adventures, which is available in E-book or Paperback formats. Children all over the world from Denmark to Zambia, from the United Status to the United Kingdom, from Brazil to Japan LOVE these stories. Jennifer's Grandma is a witch that can cast spells to help Jennifer get out of trouble or to have exciting adventures. In the preview first three chapters we meet Jennifer's Grandma, Shaun The Twinkling Star and Charlie Chip and Fiona French Fry. We meet some of these and other characters again in the FULL book. An essential quality bedtime reading book that your children will want to hear read to them time and time again as it sends them off into a long and peaceful nights sleep.