Books with author Marie Starr

Although aimed at young teens, readers of all ages are urged to check out this entertaining adventure with its informative bits of historical fiction. +++ "So if you've got a real bastard to work on," Aaron put in, seeing what their mentor was getting at, "this file is the one to use." "Bingo," affirmed Charlie with a wink. +++ The adventure begins when brothers Aaron and Kyle Gardner find a steel file while hiking in the Carolina Blue Hills. Who had brought it to this wilderness and why? The mystery takes a back seat when the two stumble upon a girl who is staying at a nearby camp with her parents. For Aaron, it was love at first sight. +++ Interspersed with interesting characters and humorous moments, the tale takes the reader back in time to the Georgia gold rush and the Cherokee Trail of Tears; early 1800's events with present day ramifications for the brothers and their new friend. What begins as a hunt for long hidden gold turns into a race to save a man's life. Will the brothers find him in time?

As fourth grade ends for Mo, she has no idea what the summer holds for her. But when new neighbors move in two doors down, Mo notices June, a girl her own age, wondering if they may become friends.Once the girls meet, they hit it off, bonding over a beautiful doll that catches Mo’s eye. Their friendship seems unbreakable but suddenly everything goes wrong and the doll is snatched out from under their noses one afternoon.Mo feels terrible, hatching a plan to get June’s beloved doll back. Could the neighborhood bully, Billy Bunker, really have stolen her? When Mo has another crazy idea, June isn’t quite so sure, being much more reserved than Mo.Find out what happens when the two girls go toe-to-toe with Billy as they carry out Mo’s wild idea, especially when things aren’t always as they seem.

THE BRONZE SMITHBy Starr MartinShoni is the teenage son of a smith, a privileged person in the warrior society of the Five Tribes. For Stonehenge is not yet a ruin but an awesome temple complex, under the control of the priests of the Sun and their Guards; the secrets of bronze and the weapons made from it belong only to the powerful Guild of Smiths.But the murder of his parents sends Shoni fleeing into the wild - a homeless outcast. He is saved by a chance encounter with the people of the Deer. They are a hunting tribe who shun metal. Blythe, the vivid, impulsive son of their leader, adopts Shoni as a brother. He finds shelter and friendship at their hearth, and is accepted as a man of the tribe when he undergoes initiation along with the other youths.But he must also make the pilgrimage to the Circles of the Sun, by way of Lanavon, the centre of the priests of the Sun; this plunges him back into danger, into a web of intrigue and murder, and his enemy is revealed as a man of great power. He has to face false accusation, battle and trial by combat. He also has to face the awesome High Priest of the Sun himself, if he is to get justice for his parents and win back his place in the world of the Five Tribes as an apprentice smith. How he achieves this, and at what cost, with the help of Blythe and the other new young men of the Deer, makes a thrilling tale of treachery, loyalty, death and an unexpected romance.Published by The Electronic Book Companywww.theelectronicebookcompany.com

Jon Stoker woke up in a great mood! His teacher was going out of town for a while, and he loves having a substitute! What can be better than a whole week of talking with friends, getting away with with playing in class, extra recess and treats from the teacher? But things take a terrible turn for the worse when he meets her. He's seen her somewhere before, but where? Then it hits him! Ms. Swift is a vampire! He just knows it! What is he going to do to prove it? How is he going to get his friends to believe him? He has to save the others!!

Although aimed at young teens, readers of all ages are urged to check out this entertaining adventure with its informative bits of historical fiction. "So if you've got a real bastard to work on," Aaron put in, seeing what their mentor was getting at, "this file is the one to use." "Bingo," affirmed Charlie with a wink. The adventure begins when brothers Aaron and Kyle Gardner find a steel file while hiking in the Carolina Blue Hills. Who had brought it to this wilderness and why? The mystery takes a back seat when the two stumble upon a girl who is staying at a nearby camp with her parents. For Aaron, it was love at first sight. +++ Interspersed with interesting characters and humorous moments, the tale takes the reader back in time to the Georgia gold rush and the Cherokee Trail of Tears; early 1800's events with present day ramifications for the brothers and their new friend. What begins as a hunt for long hidden gold turns into a race to save a man's life. Will the brothers find him in time?

Now you can have both books in the My Substitute is a Vampire series in one book! My Substitute is a Vampire Jon Stoker woke up in a great mood! His teacher was going out of town for a while, and he loves having a substitute! But things take a terrible turn for the worse when he meets her. He KNOWS Ms. Swift is a vampire! What is he going to do to prove it? He has to save the others! My Substitute is DEFINITELY a Vampire Jon knew when he first met Ms. Swift that something was a bit "off" with her. Then it hit him! He had seen her before, and he knows who...or better yet...WHAT she is. His first attempts at proving her real identity were foiled, and he wound up getting into some trouble. He has tried to let it go and get on with his life, but this sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach wouldn't allow him to forget. When he wakes up with bite marks on his neck after a very vivid nightmare, he knows he had to find the evidence he needs to protect himself and the others. He is on a miss

As fourth grade ends for Mo, she has no idea what the summer holds for her. But when new neighbors move in two doors down, Mo notices June, a girl her own age, wondering if they may become friends.Once the girls meet, they hit it off, bonding over a beautiful doll that catches Mo’s eye. Their friendship seems unbreakable but suddenly everything goes wrong and the doll is snatched out from under their noses one afternoon.Mo feels terrible, hatching a plan to get June’s beloved doll back. Could the neighborhood bully, Billy Bunker, really have stolen her? When Mo has another crazy idea, June isn’t quite so sure, being much more reserved than Mo.Find out what happens when the two girls go toe-to-toe with Billy as they carry out Mo’s wild idea, especially when things aren’t always as they seem.