Books with author Peter MacDonald

The disabled teens of Ability Inc. don’t understand the words can’t or give up. They believe any obstacle can be overcome with the right friends and are willing to risk their lives to rescue defenseless animals from abuse. Goliath is an indomitable pit bull whose life has been a struggle to survive from one dog fight to the next. When David, a wheelchair-bound teen from Ability Inc., takes on a dog fight club to rescue Goliath, his friends are there to help. It will take more than courage to win against Goliath’s abusive owner. Will Ability Inc. overcome the odds and rescue Goliath -- or will the next fight be his last?

The disabled teens of Ability Inc. don’t understand the words can’t or give up. They believe any obstacle can be overcome with the right friends and are willing to risk their lives to rescue defenseless animals from abuse. Goliath is an indomitable pit bull whose life has been a struggle to survive from one dog fight to the next. When David, a wheelchair-bound teen from Ability Inc., takes on a dog fight club to rescue Goliath, his friends are there to help. It will take more than courage to win against Goliath’s abusive owner. Will Ability Inc. overcome the odds and rescue Goliath -- or will the next fight be his last?

Even before he stumbled on the dark-eyed boy, the Thirsty Camel was an uncommon camel. He liked to lead, for one thing, and if you know camels, you know most of them are confirmed followers. The Thirsty Camel had been on almost every caravan trail from Marrakech to Isfahan and from Cairo to Juba, and he had seen his share of unusual things. Then he encountered the boy. They shared the trail for a short time and then the boy disappeared, leaving something behind that was more unusual than anything the Thirsty Camel had encountered in all his travels. He did not know who the boy was, or where he had gone. What the Thirsty Camel did know was that suddenly, he could do things he had never been able to do before. He kept his newfound skills mostly to himself-something in his hump told him to, and as you probably know, the Camel Creed says, "Heed your hump." As he battled bloodthirsty emirs, foiled ruthless bandits, outwitted sorcerers and rescued princesses, the Thirsty Camel learned that humans rarely looked beyond the surface, and usually underestimated a scruffy-looking camel with unusual talents. AUTHOR BIO When Peter McDonald's children asked for a bedtime tale one evening many years ago, he was unable to recall a single story from his childhood. Luckily, he remembered another time, when he sat before a campfire at Saqqara while the bedouin related the ancient and famous adventures of the Thirsty Camel. After entertaining his children with the stories, Peter decided to write them down, as a service to other parents who might find themselves in a similar predicament.

It's summer vacation! A time to unwind and hang out with friends on the beach. No worries. Just lazy sun-drenched days by the water. At least for every other teenager in Florida but Skyler Stoerm--stuck on a sailing trip to the Bermuda Triangle with only his father and menagerie of pets for company. No Wifi, no Internet, and no friends. Unfortunately, boring doesn't describe Skyler's journey for long, and he finds himself alone and stranded at sea after an attack by a sea serpent straight out of Norse mythology. Help comes by way of a group of fallen heroes on their own path toward redemption. They travel with Skyler to Asgard where the teen learns of his Nordic lineage (cool!). But being the grandson of a Nordic god isn't all muscles and lightning bolts--it comes with an excess of enemies (not cool at all!). To save his father, Skyler must find Odin's lost book of Blood Runes (while dodging harpies and dragons and even a few demigod stalkers).

In The Chill, a distraught young man hires Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has he found Dolly Kincaid than Archer finds himself entangled in two murders, one twenty years old, the other so recent that the blood is still wet. What ensues is a detective novel of nerve-racking suspense, desperately believable characters, and one of the most intricate plots span by an American crime writer.If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it was Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his predecessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, MacDonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.

Even before he stumbled on the dark-eyed boy, the Thirsty Camel was an uncommon camel. He liked to lead, for one thing, and if you know camels, you know most of them are confirmed followers. The Thirsty Camel had been on almost every caravan trail from Marrakech to Isfahan and from Cairo to Juba, and he had seen his share of unusual things. Then he encountered the boy. They shared the trail for a short time and then the boy disappeared, leaving something behind that was more unusual than anything the Thirsty Camel had encountered in all his travels. He did not know who the boy was, or where he had gone. What the Thirsty Camel did know was that suddenly, he could do things he had never been able to do before. He kept his newfound skills mostly to himself-something in his hump told him to, and as you probably know, the Camel Creed says, "Heed your hump." As he battled bloodthirsty emirs, foiled ruthless bandits, outwitted sorcerers and rescued princesses, the Thirsty Camel learned that humans rarely looked beyond the surface, and usually underestimated a scruffy-looking camel with unusual talents. AUTHOR BIO When Peter McDonald's children asked for a bedtime tale one evening many years ago, he was unable to recall a single story from his childhood. Luckily, he remembered another time, when he sat before a campfire at Saqqara while the bedouin related the ancient and famous adventures of the Thirsty Camel. After entertaining his children with the stories, Peter decided to write them down, as a service to other parents who might find themselves in a similar predicament.