Books with author Nicole Smith

Bex Carter has more problems than the average twelve-year-old. She's being uprooted from her happy home with her grandmother to live with her mean Aunt Jeanie. Her friends have become boy-crazy all of a sudden, leaving Bex feeling like an outsider. On top of that, a girl worse than Ava G. is now attending her school and seems to have it out for Bex. As if that wasn't enough, a kid named DJ McPherson has opened a fairy-extermination business and fairies are turning up missing. If the disappearances continue, the Fairy Queen will close the Fairy Realm for good and fairies will no longer be able to visit our world. Bex doesn't want that to happen. Will she be able to help the fairies in time or will she be sidetracked by her real world problems? Ages 9 and up

When she opened the music box, Martina never imagined it would lead her on a wild adventure to save a world that she never knew existed--a world that had been secretly watching hers for thousands of years. As apocalyptic flooding becomes a global concern, twelve-year-old Martina mourns the loss of the grandfatherly previous owner of her family's ice cream shop. He left her an intricate music box that is an exact replica of the shop, which leads her and friends Heath and London through the ice cream machine and into Sheardland: an ancient sanctuary within the Earth where magical races escape the threats humans pose to their civilizations. Mysterious happenings that interrupt the life in perfect Sheardland lead the trio on a hunt for the Diana's Eye--one of eight orbs that hold the moon in orbit--and the creatures thought to have stolen it, who were previously thought to be extinct. To save Sheardland's inhabitants from their nightmares and keep their world from flooding too, Martina and her friends must locate whoever is using the Diana's Eye in a world they barely know. Tales of magical creatures, hidden treasures, and conflicts both ancient and new blend together to create the story of the Diana's Eye. Can Martina and her friends navigate Sheardland in time to save its ancient races . . . without use of magic? This is the first in the series of 6 Martina Mackenzie adventures.

The school year is winding down at Everdale Academy and Ava has finally found her place. She has a great group of friends and the other girls are starting to give her a chance. Also, thanks to Ava, Montana Brooks is losing her power as the reigning queen bee. With cheerleading tryouts and the Spring Ball just around the corner, Ava is finally excited about her new life at Everdale. Until . . .A mega-expensive bracelet belonging to Montana goes missing and Ava is the prime suspect. The headmistress doesn’t believe Ava as she pleads her innocence and bans her from the Spring Ball and cheerleading tryouts. Even worse, everyone now thinks Ava is a thief and her budding “friendship” with Oliver might be over. What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?With the Spring Ball right around the corner, Ava doesn’t have much time to find the real thief and clear her name. Will she be successful or will her reputation at Everdale be permanently ruined?Grab your copy today to find out!Books in the Ava G Chronicles Series:#1: Confessions of a Mean Girl#2: Mean is an Understatement#3: Glam and Gossip

A comedic epic poem for elementary-age children, The Knight and the Ninjas features dragons, warriors, and a fair princess but not your standard medieval plot. Sir Alberic Peacock―a brawny and brave knight―is charged by the king and queen to rescue the princess from a dragon’s lair. But his clumsiness gets in the way, and a magic mirror transports him to a strange land where ninjas slink in the night. The clink-clank of Sir Alberic’s armor proves troublesome, but the group is determined to accomplish both their rescue missions. Can they overcome their fears―and Sir Alberic’s two great flaws―so the knight, the ninjas, and their unlikely friend can live happily ever after?

This little book is the memory trail of Cole Smith and is filled with humorous stories of a life of miss-adventure. They range from his 1940’s pre-school nights on monster watch; days in a “Holy Roller” church and his brief stint as a 14 year old Quarter Horse Jockey. Then in the 1960’s he moves on to street rod racing, the US Marine Corps, Pacific North West salmon fisher, contractor, pilot, town drunk, farm hand, cowboy, rancher and commercial horse packer in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming.

Autumn Murphy is an average Asian American teenager – strong-willed, intelligent, and kind of geeky. She feels invisible to everyone but her adoptive parents and her childhood sweetheart Dean. A natural beauty, she’s more skilled at kung fu than applying mascara.Previously homeschooled, Autumn simply wants to make it through her first year at a public high school without embarrassing herself. This goal goes on the backburner when Autumn learns she is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan's Golden Family, and a Natigai, a budding shaman with supernatural powers. Skeptical and resentful of her newfound skills and responsibilities, Autumn’s first instinct is to reject them.But the horrific murders and kidnappings taking place in her home town force Autumn to confront her destiny, and with the help of the Guardian Spirits, to use her new elemental powers to heal her community and herself.

Delaney Joy is back for a whole new adventure. The evil fairies are out of control and their antics are getting more and more dangerous. D.J. must team up with Bex Carter to keep the Unseelie Court from causing further destruction. Will Delaney be able to stop the evil fairy queen and her court or will the evil fairies take over the world? Ages 9 and up

No one said being a reformed mean girl would be easy. It certainly isn’t for Ava Groves. She’s still adjusting to life at an all-girl boarding school and mean-girl Montana Brooks isn’t making it easy. Ava already has a lot on her plate. She’s making time for her relationship with Jason, dealing with back-stabbing ex-best friends, and keeping herself from falling back into her mean-girl ways. The last thing she needs is an all-out war with Montana.Unfortunately that’s exactly what happens when Ava ends up being paired up with Montana’s crush for a community service project. In return, Montana goes on a mission to make Ava’s life miserable. All Ava wants to do is make it to the end of her freshman year in one piece. She knows she has to stand up for herself but how do you battle a mean girl without becoming one yourself? Will Ava continue on her journey of becoming a better person or will she resort to being the Queen of Mean once again?Grab your copy today and find out!

Sixteen-year-old Ursula Spark can’t wait to watch the black-and-white film, Frankenstein, with her friends at the historic Butler Theater. A talented artist, she's excited to capture the evening with paper and ink. But a night of fun takes an unexpected turn when a costumed Frankenstein robs an audience member. As Ursula struggles to understand the event through the lens of her art, she begins to see connections that others have missed. But if she wants to find the truth, she’ll have to get past Matt, the quiet new kid in town, who seems to block her every step of the way.

A cursed dagger. A shipwrecked crew. A mysterious, glowing island. Shards of the tale appear in an ancient book under the name of a famous Rhihalven storyteller, and Martina, Heath, and London take it as a call to return to Sheardland. Soon, these covert ambassadors from the human race discover something new. The blade is shrouded in enchantment-and imbibed with a curse. Someday it will destroy something essential to Sheardland's existence, deep within the Earth. The blade's power is coveted by many. But just who in Sheardland knows about the blade and what it was created to do? Martina and her friends vow to find the dagger and destroy it. Their search brings them to the Isle of Bala Zopyre, the mysterious glowing island. The dagger itself, now so close to fulfilling its purpose, grows in strength, becoming dangerous for any to touch. And the ancient, omniscient sage Amara's life seems mysteriously intertwined with that of the blade. But, is she still a friend to the three adventurers, or has she taken a different side in the fight to protect Sheardland? With so much at stake, the trio must outwit the magic folk and prevent the dagger from destroying both worlds.