Books with author Mary Johnson

There once was a girl detective called Blue, who livedin a huge kettle house in the tiny village of Ham. Thischildren’s detective picture book was written with agreat deal of imagination. It makes allot of literarysense to children. It is well illustrated and easy tofollow. You will find your child quickly picking up thegrammar and rich literary words that make up thebook.The story is about a girl detective who goes insearch of her precious missing pencil. It reflects ontraditional methods of investigating crime. It’s a puzzlethat had to be unlocked by a child and mostly a female.This family masterpiece broadens the horizon ofchildren and gives them a great sense of purpose. Inmany ways, the book is funny, adventurous andcleverly written to meet the taste of kids. As usualwhen a crime is committed, it draws all sorts ofsuspicions. Detective Blue looked at the possibility thatpolite Mr Cow may have borrowed the pencil, orperhaps baby Mr goat who cries whole day. Or maybeit’s weak and lazy Mr lamb. Do have fun with it andcontinue reading my books.

To undo a mistake made a thousand years in the past, the wizard Hellsfire used his magic to bring down the Great Barrier that once divided the northern and southern lands. In doing so, he nearly brought war to his own homeland, and he afflicted the love of his life, Princess Krystal of Alexandria, with a potent and deadly curse.Since then, Hellsfire has been working in Tyree with its Elemental Council, to rebuild its war-torn land and find a way to break Krystal’s curse. Now Krystal’s time is running out. As the princess fights for her life, Hellsfire learns that the wizard responsible for the curse—his old enemy Premier—is heading to the Burning Sands to steal the mysterious Jewel of Dakara.If Hellsfire can capture Premier and learn the secret of the curse, he can save Krystal. But the Jewel of Dakara holds its own deadly secrets, and the hunt will take Hellsfire farther than he ever imagined, and cost him more than he bargained for.The past is never gone nor buried...

What if you discovered soda pop that gave you superpowers with each sip? Iggy Risner is back with another laugh out loud neighborhood adventure. However, this time the stakes are much higher. The discovery of a long-forgotten soda pop machine is about to turn the neighborhood on its end. Not only does the soda taste great- it gives every kid who drinks it: Superpowers.Flying Orange, Walkthrough Walls Root Beer and Invisible Grape. For Iggy, the chance to be the neighborhood hero is too tempting to pass up.However, when a group of high school bullies gets their hands on the soda- Iggy joins forces with his arch-nemesis.Will they keep the neighborhood from being ruled by a gang of high school tormentors? Or will they find themselves losing a battle that could cause every kid to live in terror?Iggy & Oz: The Soda Pop Wars will make your child’s imagination soar and make the hair behind their necks stand on end as they read on. Full of twist and turns, this is perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The Last Kids on Earth. Order your copy today and get in on the adventure.

She was everything I ever wanted - but I lost it all on that very night tragedy struck.Prepare yourself for an emotional roller coaster;Lyric Foster is your average teenage girl who lives her daily life by isolating herself from the outside world until she meets Beatrice Geller, the girl she claims that had changed her life for the better.What Lyric didn't know though is the traumatic past Beatrice had which made her develop bipolar depression, social anxiety, and post traumatic stress disorder.This is a story full of wonders of lgbt romance, real situations most teenagers face in their everyday lives, and what words could really do to a human being.

From Fertile Ground -- a memoir spanning three generations . . . In his memoir and writer's mosaic, debuting author Mark Johnson searches for answers after his mother dies. He leaves behind his corporate job in his mid-fifties and soon discovers a love for writing and nature across three generations of his family. In each chapter, he weaves together more than fifty years of diary accounts from his grandfather's North Carolina farm, his mother's encouraging and wisdom-filled letters from her complicated life, and his own narrative as a gay man coming to terms with his past and his grief.Mark leads you on a writer's journey to reawaken his artistic sensibilities, remember the important people and moments in his life, and rediscover his southern roots. From Fertile Ground examines our human desire to make sense of our heritage, find our own path, and leave our mark on the world.

Kids have wild imaginations: monsters under their beds, ghosts, the boogeyman, and everything in between.But sometimes, you have to stop and suspend your disbelief for a minute. The unthinkable may just be true for once.Iggy Risner is your typical wise-cracking twelve-year-old. When his younger brother, Oz, wakes him in the middle of the night claiming he heard a monster in the attic, Iggy takes him upstairs to prove him wrong. But instead of a flesh-eating beast, they discover hundreds of their plastic toy dinosaurs that have mysteriously come to life.When the dinos escape the attic and start terrorizing young kids in the neighborhood and trampling flower beds, somehow Iggy, Oz, and their friends must catch the plastic dinos of doom before the damage escalates. But what do you do when your parents doubt your story, and a group of clueless neighborhood bullies stand in the way?For Iggy and Oz, catching the little beasts may prove to be easier said than done.Iggy & Oz - The Plastic Dinos of Doom will make your child's imagination soar and make the hair behind their necks stand on end as they read on.Order your copy today and get in on the adventure!

What happens when a girl, homeschooled by her counterculture mother, decides to spend her senior year in public school? First friendship, first love―and first encounters with the complexities of authority and responsibility.Evie is different. Not just her upbringing―though that’s certainly been unusual―but also her mindset. She’s smart, independent, confident, opinionated, and ready to take on a new challenge: The Institution of School.It doesn’t take this homeschooled kid long to discover that high school is a whole new world, and not in the way she expected. It’s also a social minefield, and Evie finds herself confronting new problems at every turn. Not one to sit idly by, Evie sets out to make changes. Big changes. The movement she starts takes off, but when her plan begins spiraling out of control, Evie is forced to come to terms with a world she is only just beginning to comprehend.J.J. Johnson’s powerful debut novel will enthrall readers as it challenges assumptions about friendship, rules, boundaries, and power.

New World Island is the second book in the Avi Bloom series.How has one island remained virtually untouched by the shift away from technology? Avi Bloom and her friends will do anything to uncover the truth.After learning that the missing villagers have been forced into a virtual world—a world where they no longer have control over their minds or bodies—Avi Bloom and her friends decide the best way to get some answers, and stop this unknown force, is to pretend like their minds are still inside the program. When a boat docks in front of their group and the others plugged into the program line up to board this vessel, the group is taken away from the world they know. They’re taken to an island that has somehow been left untouched by the shift away from technology. The island forces the group to question everything they once thought to be true.

In the land of Northern Shala, the dark wizard Premier raised an army of foul creatures from the Wastelands and led them against the ancient guardian city of Alexandria. Hellsfire, a young farmhand turned apprentice wizard, defeated Premier and saved Alexandria, but not before the battle claimed his mentor’s life.Hellsfire, now a full-fledged wizard, must finish what he started by hunting down Premier and seizing the source of the wizard’s dark power and corruption—the Book of Shazul. He must travel deep into the Wastelands, through Premier’s home territory, dodging the scattered remnants of a defeated army lusting for blood and vengeance.But beating in the heart of the Wastelands is an ancient power more dangerous than Premier or his creatures—and it’s been waiting for Hellsfire for a thousand years. It will force the young wizard to make a devastating choice—one that could change the course of history not only for Alexandria and the Wastelands, but for all of Northern Shala and the lands beyond. And to save his homeland, Hellsfire may have to lose the person he loves the most.What once was one, will then be two, and never again be whole...