Books with author Mark E Cooper

Xavier Jones and his friends, Gabe and Ethan are captured and returned to St Griswold College to the clutches of Ms Ratchet and her strange staff. To learn their destiny, the teenagers must discover new paths and abilities. Following the advice of the messenger angel, Raphael and scribe, Nisroc the boys seek answers in the wilds of the magical Ambrosian Forest. Who can they trust in this bewildering landscape?

As the final battle draws closer, Xavier seeks the beekeeper of Clearview and the guidance of the ledger. From Griswold College to every corner of Clanarde, the threat from demons and the Darklaw grows. In the back of Xavier’s mind, Father Augustine’s final warning causes him to doubt and question all the angels he has ever encountered. At the same time Xavier’s closest friends face stunning revelations about their heritages, while another must come to terms with a shocking and devastating experience.

After Kim goes into the Valentine cookie business--delivering her sweet confections anonymously or with a note--the tables turn, and Molly Ramirez is back with Ted, flirtatious Bart is furious when Holly flirts too, and Wanda Davis and Brian discover they have similar interests.Holly Daniels, a junior at Kennedy High, has trouble dealing with the popularity of her boyfriend, Bart Einerson

Fighting a giant Crab Guard in The Flat Lands, escaping from the Royal Rollers, hearing the tree music, meeting Rotunda the not-so-flat Flat Round, and learning how not to make use of Metal Man: all of these are in store for Jono, crippled after a car accident, his older sister, Emily, and also for Ian, the boy next door, who lives alone with his eccentric scientist father. The summer holidays have begun, and look dull and depressing for them all. But, invisible forces in and around the forest park nearby have been slowly building up, unknown to the two families on the edge of the park. An unusual Day of Change has begun in which Jono, Emily and Ian will each play a key part.For fun, and to escape from horrible, bossy Aunt May who is in charge of him, Jono swaps his wheelchair for his grandpa's ride-on electric mower, races it into the park - and is taken straight into The Flat Lands, a dangerous world beyond our own world, where an old Queen is about to destroy the tree-land home of the Flat Rounds. Jono is joined by Emily and Ian, each drawn into The Flat Lands in a different way. The three of them have to use all their courage and strength to escape from the Queen and her ruthless servants: Crab Guard, Steam Roll the Obsessive, and the Rollers, all powered by the forces of the Queen’s dominating friend, Metal Man. Ian and Emily have arguments which jeopardise their escape. Metal Man tries to dominate everybody who will listen to him.The children hear the beauty of the tree music, and meet the brave, funny Rotunda, biggest of the Flat Rounds, who joins them in their struggle. They meet Old Man Daylight and the Daylight Lady who help them in unexpected ways. Then, suddenly, there are more changes: the fighting is over, but there are still further things to do before they can get back home. The Flat Rounds are safe and the tree music is strong again, but the Day of Change is not quite over for the human beings, both in The Flat Lands and back home by the park. Ian, Emily and Jono find that on that day the tree music has had an influence even back home.

A short story about a kitten who meets woodland friends and their quest into the forest to find the answers to some magic marbles. A book that can be read by 7 - 9 age group but also would make a great "read to" story.Bootsy is a kitten who lives in the city of Burnaby near Vancouver. He and his brother Scotty and sisters, Fuzz and Sherlock love to travel in the family’s Camper and their favourite place is Deer Lake.Ethan, who is a young Skunk, lives near Deer Lake which is in Sasquatch Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. He has many friends who live there as well.

In book three of the Xavier fantasy series, Xavier Jones and his best friend and guardian angel, Gabe are released from the dungeons of St Griswold College. They must find a way to reach Green Isle where Mortimer and his men are fighting those intent on conquering Clanarde—demons, gargoyles and the Darklaw. In the quest to fulfil his destiny, Xavier discovers the first secrets of the mysterious Celestial Ledger and witnesses a horrifying event in the grounds of St Griswold College. The Xavier series is set in the year 3016 and war is raging on Kepler, a planet settled by travellers from Earth 500 years earlier. Angels, demons and wraiths are battling in the night skies over the island of Clanarde. In a dystopian landscape left ravaged by the Great Atomic War 300 years ago, men, wizards and the original island’s inhabitants fight with gargoyles, shape shifters and the Darklaw using everything from physical combat to old magic. At the centre of the battle, young Xavier Jones fights his inner demons while trying to fulfil his destiny to save the children of St Griswold College.

In the countdown to the Battle of Reckoning, Xavier assumes leadership and guides his friends, angels and wizards with the help of The Celestial Ledger, the Lithos and the Fabric. Drawn to the Spiral of Mourn at the centre of the multiverse, all the key players will face their destiny and own their truths. In their final test, Xavier and his friends will confront demons, gargoyles, the Darklaw and Eledore. At stake is the freedom of all Griswold College’s children, living and dead.

Marnie Speck arrives at her new foster home in Downfell, Northern England with her crusty social worker, Miss Baxter. Marnie guards a rose-covered case with hidden secrets and the only link to her past and future. A telescope, old glass and a strange librarian unleash the potential of a new and extraordinary life far away at the Fanglewick School of Magic in the Old World. But first Marnie must find a way to cross the demonic halo like aspiring young wizards, witches and elves have for centuries. In a strange but beautiful landscape inhabited by haughty wizards, ratbag witches and ambitious elves, Marnie fights for a place in Fanglewick, where magic begins and ends. The school sits on the repository of magic and flows through Shining Lake and beyond to the multiverse. Over time, Fanglewick has lured heroes, kings, queens and dark beasts. Wizards, goblins and their dragon-riding armies have waged terrible wars to possess and control its treasure. For now there is peace, yet there are rumblings in the Imporium where scheming wizards and elves work in the magical government and a new presence is lurking in the forests and grounds of Fanglewick.

After the accident, 14-year-old Isabel’s life changed. With her parents and three younger siblings she moves from their home in beautiful Ravenwood to the smaller town of Northgate. In a new town at a new school, life is not so easy for Isabel and at home it is worse. She focuses on her artistic and sporting dreams and searches for a way to deliver her from the misery of Northgate High and her unhappy home life. Life, however, isn’t predictable as new pathways open for Isabel.