Books with author Joseph Anthony Russo

What ever could a childhood pact with God and waterfowl ever have in common?What if trust allowed one to be a witness to it?The belief that words can form a spiritual bond after death sets the tone for this narrative and for the preceding pages of poetry, all with a single theme traveling from grief to hope gone asunder, where the underlying theme is the possibility of encountering God in the most unexpected encounters with people, and in the most surprising of places.

What ever could a childhood pact with God and waterfowl ever have in common? What if trust allowed one to be a witness to it? The belief that words can form a spiritual bond after death sets the tone for this narrative and for the preceding pages of poetry, all with a single theme traveling from grief to hope gone asunder, where the underlying theme is the possibility of encountering God in the most unexpected encounters with people, and in the most surprising of places"

In a world where superheroes are treated like rock stars—selling the movie rights to their lives, appearing on late night talk shows, and dodging the press and paparazzi at every turn—a new generation of super humans must find the hero within and remind the older generation of what it truly means to be a superhero.In the premiere story of the GEN-S universe, the world-famous International Assembly of Superheroes responds to the planet’s increasing population of super humans by creating the first Superhuman Society of Earth—recruiting young super humans from around the globe to join their advanced civilization on the private island of Insula Lacertus. The SSE proves to be a global success, until an old acquaintance returns from the dead and obliterates the newly founded society, dwindling the once significant super human population down to a handful. When the remaining members of the Assembly are captured by their familiar foe, a group of young recruits must band together and find a way to rescue the heroes they’d grown up idolizing and establish themselves as the next generation of superheroes.

Carmine Carstenson (better known as CC by his friends and Pop to his grandchildren) is back in a new and exciting, thrill-packed Galaxstonian adventure. It begins as CC wakes up in a pitch black and soundproof room. He has no idea where he is, how he got there or how long he has been there. CC is unaware he plays an integral part in a sinister plot to annihilate an unsuspecting planet and allow a ruthless, delusional madman to become its Supreme Ruler. As he sits in this room of silence he slowly regains his memory and begins to have quick visions of faces and events from his past. Meanwhile frantically hunting for Pop, the Galaxstonian children, Rye, Brandon, Amy and their hologram Katie, desperately try to put the clues together to discover CC’s location and the reason for his abduction. Discovering the reason for Pop’s abduction is paramount but even if they find him they must uncover the ever-changing and evil plan of the Polnilean Council member known as Qracti. The twists and turns in their ordeal have CC and his Galaxstonian friends wondering if they will succeed or watch an unsuspecting planet named Vesa perish. This non-stop journey will test their amazing abilities, strain their friendship and pressure CC into understanding and controlling his Galaxstonian wristband’s powers. Meanwhile there are changes taking place to one of the Galaxstonian team members that might change the team’s dynamics. Follow Pop (the old man from Earth) and his Galaxstonian friends as they try and unravel the secret behind The Polnilean Attack.

In a world where superheroes are treated like rock stars—selling the movie rights to their lives, appearing on late night talk shows, and dodging the press and paparazzi at every turn—a new generation of super humans must find the hero within and remind the older generation of what it truly means to be a superhero. In the premiere story of the GEN-S universe, the world-famous International Assembly of Superheroes responds to the planet’s increasing population of super humans by creating the first Superhuman Society of Earth—recruiting young super humans from around the globe to join their advanced civilization on the private island of Insula Lacertus. The SSE proves to be a global success, until an old acquaintance returns from the dead and obliterates the newly founded society, dwindling the once significant super human population down to a handful. When the remaining members of the Assembly are captured by their familiar foe, a group of young recruits must band together and find a way to rescue the heroes they’d grown up idolizing and establish themselves as the next generation of superheroes.

The book is about an eight year old boy named Michael, who has a question about his very special cat named Sasha. His quest to find the answer to his question goes from the morning breakfast table to the people and city officials that he meets on his way to school. His question is asked throughout his school day to friends and workers who seem to be at a lost for words when finding an answer to Michael's question, until his question was asked to his teacher, who seem to be the only person that gives Michael advice on who can help him find his answer.