Books with author Paul Cicchini

Before Cyrano de Bergerac became a famous swordsman, poet, inventor, and iconoclast hero, he was an awkward teenager just like the rest of us. Find out what adventures turned him into the courageous, self-assured, hero we know and admire when you read Young Cyrano. Follow him on his teenage exploits with his best friend, Le Bret, and his first love, Roxanne. Adventure! Mysteries! Romance! Freemasons! Poetry, and of course, Swordfights!

Four groups of extreme-sports-loving teenagers from different parts of America who love learning as much as they do deep-sea diving, rappelling, and sky diving suddenly find themselves with strange, amazing powers. These four groups of teens are completely unaware of each other's existence until they discover the true source of their powers.As they learn to harness and develop their gifts, they also learn that there are others like them. This news arrives at the same time as the Earth is facing an impending crisis. Will they be able to find each other, join forces and use their powers to combat the darkening storm that is threatening the very existence of their generation, or will they never overcome their own prejudices, mistrust, and animosity?

Before Cyrano de Bergerac became a famous swordsman, poet, inventor, and iconoclast hero, he was an awkward teenager just like the rest of us. Find out what adventures turned him into the courageous, self-assured, hero we know and admire when you read Young Cyrano. Follow him on his teenage exploits with his best friend, Le Bret, and his first love, Roxanne. Adventure! Mysteries! Romance! Freemasons! Poetry, and of course, Swordfights!

THE ESSENTIALZ is the story of four groups of racially-diverse teenagers from four different areas of America who love extreme sports such as deep-sea diving, rappelling, and sky diving as much as they love learning. These four groups are completely unaware of each other’s existence until one day they simultaneously encounter other-worldly phenomena that infused each of them with an incredible and unique power.As they learn to harness and develop their powers, they discover their true source. An alien humanoid from an alternate dimension (Dimension Zeta) visits them in their dreams and explains that he is the one that imbued them with their new-found abilities. This being, Argo, impresses upon them that they have each been given a special gift and that they should not squander the same way his people did. He also cautions them that their planet Earth is facing an impending danger that he could not be specific about. They will have to find each other join and use their powers to identify and combat the darkening storm that is threatening the very existence of their civilization.