Books with author Michael Levy

Patrick, Carter, Amber and Ryan travel to Medieval England to meet Merlin, who will explain to them how they are meant to stop the nuclear war from happening. Only instead of the wizard, they find a horde of aggressive knights and a distrusting King Arthur. While they figure out how to find Merlin and get themselves out of Camelot's dungeon, Patrick also must come to terms with the effects of his encounter with the cyborg.

Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers, and physics professors.In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Lewis shows us how and why the new baseball knowledge works. He also sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale: Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win . . . how can we not cheer for David?

This lovely new title follows the life cycle of a hare, from a leveret's first steps to finding a mate. You can also find out about some of the different habitats that are the hare's home, the threats facing hares today, and why some people see them as pests. You can also be an "animal detective" and find out how to tell if a hare has been in your neighborhood, and how to tell the difference between a hare and a rabbit. It also includes an animal map, locator map, life cycle summary, and "unusual fact" boxes.

This lovely new title follows the life cycle of a deer, from a kid's first wobbly steps to finding a mate. You can also find out about some of the different habitats that are the deer's home, the threats facing deers today, and why some people see them as pests. You can also be an "animal detective" and find out how to tell if a deer has been in your neighborhood. It also includes an animal map, locator map, life cycle summary, and "unusual fact" boxes.

Amber, Patrick, Carter, Ryan and Kate travel to World War II to board the German battleship, Bismarck. While aboard, they have to kill one of the officers, whose son starts the nuclear war that destroyed their home. But as they try and make their way through the ship before it is sunk by the British, Amber and the team learn that killing is harder than it seems and how to weigh one life against the future of the world.

The polished veneer of a boys’ boarding school in Northern England masks a cadre of wickedness. Seniors viciously torment any junior they deem unfit. Jonathan Simon, in his first term at Blackleigh School in 1955, is warned: 1) There are three monsters in his dorm: seniors Flicker, Sleeth, and Tunk; and 2) A code of conduct mandates no snitching.Simon befriends two other juniors; pixie-faced Ian Gracey; and witty, grossly overweight Arthur Crown. Juniors are required to clean seniors’ studies and Crown panics when he’s assigned to Flicker, who was under suspicion by the police a year earlier after a junior fell from the church bell tower in the off-limits cemetery. During a cross-country run, the three friends take a shortcut and stumble into the cadet rifle range. Corps Sergeant Sleeth puts them through a degrading punishment using human excrement. The three juniors swear a blood oath never to allow another bully to abuse them.Will this oath be their downfall, or will they make it through the school year? Snitching could have serious consequences, but keeping silent will break their blood oath. As Simon, Gracey and Crown try to survive this perilous journey, the constant threat of harm brings their friendship ever closer…Michael L. Lewis was born and raised in England. After preparatory school in London, he was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham. Michael says, “My novel takes the reader on a journey through the lives of three dynamic school boys between the ages of 13 and 15, and the extraordinary triumphs and tragedies that they experience.” This book is the first in a series. Michael now lives in Los Angeles, California, has a law degree, and writes full-time. He was on the Board of Trustees for several schools, and has been a member of the same book club for twenty-five years.

Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers, and physics professors.In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Lewis shows us how and why the new baseball knowledge works. He also sets up a sly and hilarious morality tale: Big Money, like Goliath, is always supposed to win . . . how can we not cheer for David?