Books with author Jonathan van den Berg

William Edwards was not good at anything, or so he was told. When he doesn’t bring home a soccer trophy (when they’re given out just for showing up), his banker parents (who bought him off the Internet) think he’s an investment that’s just not paying off. Oh, they are a frightful pair, indeed, even throwing mustard parties -- when William is allergic to mustard!But everything changes for William when a knowing old lady gives him a pair of big green glasses with rose-colored lenses. His classmates tease him, because he looks like a frog. But they turn out to be wizardly glasses, and William is transported to Winkleberry, a school for children with wizzies (magical powers). There he meets a smart young girl, Bora, and another boy, Zandall, who help William learn about his wizzies and accidentally lead him to a time travel machine. But before William can travel back in time to save his real parents, who are being held captive in 1929 by a zygot (a monster that inhabits the homes of mean people), William must protect the gene pool in his fake parents' back yard from mutation!Read more from The William Edwards Book Series: William Edwards and the Secret Mission, William Edwards and the Tower of Tazidan, and don't forget the prequel, Winkleberry: Waiting for William Edwards! Read more reivews at www.williamedwards.us! And visit us at WizardlyWorld.com, a virtual playground where you can meet the characters!

"Journalist S.Z. Berg has created a completely engrossing set of stories and characters with the William Edwards book series. ... With shades of Harry Potter ... A page turner..." -- Allergic Living magazineThe adventures continue in William Edwards and the Tower of Tazidan when William and his friends Bora and Zandall burst through the atmosphere in the time machine and accidentally make a hole that -- oops! --alters gravity! Now they must figure out what they must do in the Tower of Tazidan to relocate gravity's pull, and, oh yeah, protect the gene pool from sunbathers -- again!Come along for the ride and find out what Neil Armstrong really said when he stepped out onto the moon, and see just what might have been left behind on the moon's surface!Read more from The William Edwards Book Series: William Edwards and the Wizardly Glasses, William Edwards and the Secret Mission, and don't forget the prequel, Winkleberry: Waiting for William Edwards! Find out more at www.williamedwards.us!

"Journalist S.Z. Berg has created a completely engrossing set of stories and characters with the William Edwards book series. ... With shades of Harry Potter ... A page turner..." -- Allergic Living magazineThe fun and fantasy of "William Edwards and the Wizardly Glasses" written by award-winning journalist S.Z. Berg continue in "William Edwards and the Secret Mission"! Now William must travel back in time to 1929 and save his real parents, but when he and his friends Bora and Zandall get lost, things get a little wild! Hop into the time machine and see the 1970s, the Galapagos Islands, and primitive times in a way you've never seen them before, and find out just why the Tower of Pisa is leaning! Read more from The William Edwards Book Series: William Edwards and the Wizardly Glasses, William Edwards and the Tower of Tazidan, and don't forget the prequel, Winkleberry: Waiting for William Edwards! Find out more at www.williamedwards.us!

"Journalist S.Z. Berg has created a completely engrossing set of stories and characters with the William Edwards book series. ... With shades of Harry Potter ... " -- Allergic Living magazineFind out how Bora and Zandall got to Winkleberry and why they have wizzies in this 5000-plus word prequel to William Edwards and the Wizardly Glasses written by award-winning journalist S.Z. Berg!Read more from The William Edwards Book Series: William Edwards and the Wizardly Glasses, William Edwards and the Secret Mission, and William Edwards and the Tower of Tazidan! Find out more at www.williamedwards.us!

BOOK REVIEWS: "Journalist S.Z. Berg has created a completely engrossing set of stories and characters with the William Edwards book series. ... With shades of Harry Potter ... A page turner..." -- Allergic Living magazine "My 8 year old loved the book, she came home from school and read it in one night, it took her 5 hours but she didn’t want to put it down until she had finished it." -- Debbie Parkinson, Allergy Friendly Reviews (http://www.allergyfriendlyreviews.com) "I'd like to recommend a read for all of you readers. 'William Edwards and the Wizardly Glasses' is a cute read for children ages 8-12. ... it displays a clear message about how to self-advocate: tell an adult, have friends, and stand-up to the bully." -- Morgan Smith, AllergicChild.com (http://AllergicChild.com) "Every child is different in his or her own way, and William epitomizes that. William is unlike any other kid, but readers will find themselves relating to him and rooting for him throughout this book. We are excited to see where his zany adventure heads next!" -- Alice Bast, Founder and President of the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA) (http://www.celiaccentral.org) BOOK DESCRIPTION: William Edwards was not good at anything, or so he was told. When he doesn’t bring home a soccer trophy (when they’re given out just for showing up), his banker parents (who bought him off the Internet) think he’s an investment that’s just not paying off. Oh, they are a frightful pair, indeed, even throwing mustard parties, with plenty of gluten, when William is allergic to mustard -- and has celiac! But everything changes for William when a knowing old lady gives him a pair of big green glasses with rose-colored lenses. His classmates tease him, because he looks like a frog. But they turn out to be wizardly glasses, and William is transported to Winkleberry, a school for children with wizzies (magical powers). There he meets a smart young girl, Bora, and another boy, Zandall, who help William learn about his wizzies and accidentally lead him to a time travel machine. But before William can travel back in time to save his real parents, who are being held captive in 1929 by a zygot (a monster that inhabits the homes of mean people), William must protect the gene pool in his fake parents' back yard from mutation! Visit williamedwards.us!

The fun and fantasy continue in William Edwards and the Secret Mission! Now William must travel back in time to 1929 and save his real parents, but when he and his friends Bora and Zandall get lost, things get a little wild! Hop into the time machine and see the 1970s, the Galapagos Islands, and primitive times in a way you’ve never seen them before, and find out just why the Tower of Pisa is leaning!

The adventures continue in William Edwards and the Tower of Tazidan when William and his friends Bora and Zandall burst through the atmosphere in the time machine and accidentally make a hole that — oops! –alters gravity! Now they must figure out what they must do in the Tower of Tazidan to relocate gravity’s pull, and, oh yeah, protect the gene pool from sunbathers — again! Come along for the ride and find out what Neil Armstrong really said when he stepped out onto the moon, and see just what might have been left behind on the moon’s surface!