Books with author Michael Moloney

This book is about a young girl from New England that loves Summer, going to the ocean, and finding Starfish! She teaches children about patience, listening to their parents, and protecting Starfish by leaving them in their natural habitat. As you walk along the beach (page-by-page) looking for starfish with your child, you will find some unique starfish facts scattered about. You and your child will also get the 3- Step Secret To Finding Starfish! This is sure to put a smile on your children's face.... And in turn put a smile on your face. Addison is a silly girl that will provide your children with joy and laughter for many years to come. You will also learn 5 unique Starfish facts that you won't believe!

This book is about a young child who, just like every child, is scared of many things when they go to bed. The mother explains to the child that she shouldn't be scared because there is always someone there to protect them even while that person is not there. The child's father is a soldier, like so many in real life, who is gone from time to time. The mother reminds the child that her father will always protect her no matter where he is.

One of the biggest cultural phenomena of the 1990s was a group of four green heroes and their furry ninja sensei. These weapon-wielding warriors exploded onto the scene with attitude and a penchant for pizza, revolutionizing kids' cartoons for over a decade. We are, of course, referring to "the world's most fearsome fighting team" - The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Now approaching their 25th anniversary, and with a recent CGI movie under their belts, the turtles are making a cowabunga comeback in the pages of Archie Comics' new graphic novel: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Heroes in a Half Shell! Reprinting the original three-issue Archie Comics mini-series from the late 1980s, this pulse-pounding epic tells the story of the turtles' first battle with the evil Shredder and his trans-dimensional ally, Krang, as the sinister duo attempts to conquer the planet and destroy their anthropomorphic foes!

The Great Monroe High School Fire is based upon events surrounding the unsolved arson fire that did major damage to James Monroe High School in the South Bronx over thirty years ago. The characters are inspired by the young people who lived and survived in that era of gangs, drugs, and a failing educational system. The narrator, Joey Sanchez, lives astride the worlds of his Italian mother and his absent Puerto Rican father and is influenced by the very different people in his life. There is his impoverished mother whom he cannot bear to disappoint. And there is his closest friend Sapo who joins him in a frenzy of graffiti writing while they are still at Junior High 22, and who later leads him to deal marijuana to students at Fordham University.Joey differs from his peers not only in his mixed ancestry but in his inability to accept the limitations of life in the Bronx. Beginning with a box of old books brought home by his mother, he seeks to understand a larger world through reading and through people he sees as possessing the knowledge he lacks. There is Siobhan, the college student who seems to love him and the eccentric English teacher, Miss Bonsecour, whose friendship with the boy brings unwanted attention to them both.The events of the story occur as much of the South Bronx was being consumed by fires whose origin has never been fully explained, a time just before the crack and AIDS epidemics swept away so many lives. It was, in Joey Sanchez' words, a time when books were burned and the Dark Ages returned.

Few events in human history were as important as the domestication of the wolf. Nasha: The First Dog tells how this might have happened. In this tale, a young girl finds an abandoned wolf pup. She rescues the young wolf and brings it to her clan. The leader says she must return the wolf to the wild because there is not enough food for the people in the clan, much less an animal that has traditionally been the enemy of humans.Maddia refused to give up the wolf pup, and her decision is supported by the priestess of the clan, Lartha. She has had a vision and believes that, "The Wolf will be a friend of humans for as long as there are days." Nasha, as Maddia names the wolf pup, has an almost mystical effect on the clan, and she seems to prompt them to discover things that will one day form the foundation of civilization.Written by first-time novelist Dr. Michael Milone, best known for his work as a research psychologist, the story is based on our understanding of ancient humans. In addition to being entertaining, the story helps readers understand that our ancestors fifteen thousand years ago were not the violent brutes as they are often depicted. Humans were intelligent, persevering, and caring people who were like us in many ways. "The human journey is the greatest adventure ever," insists Dr. Milone, "and along the way, our lives were enriched enormously by our interdependence with dogs."Although recognizing that it is a "spoiler," Dr. Milone insists that readers should know that the wolves are involved through the final chapter and are in the sequel, which will be available in 2010. "Readers can be assured that the wolves are unharmed, despite their willingness to protect their humans at any cost."

In this sequel to Nasha: The First Dog, the Wolf Clan is attacked by the Lion People, a warlike clan that mysteriously returns after a disappearance of many years. Lartha, the priestess of the clan, fortells their coming when a dragon eats the sun. A solar eclipse occurs, and not long after, the Lion People attack the village while the hunters are away. The only way to rescue the captives from a seemingly impregnable stronghold is a risky plan with little chance of success.

A young man coming of age on a planet with a binary star deals with his own family issues, and in the process, confronts his race's fear of the cold and discovers the myth about the mysterious Lorin-creatures who share their world. Unbeknownst to all, their planet is about to be drawn into the orbit of Rax - where the long-dreaded freeze will begin. But when the planets two warring governments discover this impending threat and employ it to their own sinister advantage, young Drove retreats with his mother and father to the coastal city of Pallahaxi - where he learns the truth about his relationship with his father, the secret of the intuitive Lorin-creatures, and begins to understand his planet's peculiar destiny.