Books with author Red Michaels

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Eastwood Elementary has a new student and he's nothing like the other kids in 3G. Fangbone is a barbarian warrior from another world! And he's been charged with the task of keeping a deadly weapon from Skullbania's vilest villain, Venomous Drool. Can Fangbone's new classmates team up to help him triumph over hound-snakes, lava-ferrets, and his first pop quiz?

It's tough to measure up to your parents' expectations. Imagine how much harder it would be if your mother told you that your biological father—whom you'd never met—was a Nobel prize-winning genius? NOBEL GENES is the story of just such a boy. His life consists of a series of halves; his genes are half from a donor bank that featured Nobel winners. After years of testing and tutoring, he only lives up to his mother's expectations halfway. He spends half his time sharing in his mother’s manic ups and the other half in her depressive downs. And he always has to be half-awake in the middle of the night so that when his mother wakes up and plays with her pills, he can count them and make sure the proper amount are still there before he goes to sleep. Perhaps him being a “Nobel son” is a dream. Or a hope. Or a delusion. No matter what it is to his mother, it becomes devastation when he learns that his genius history is a lie. And once the truth is revealed, there is no going back. Even when he thought he discovered the most important truth, in his dreams, he finds one answer that he never imagined. Does it matter who you come from? Or are we all just made from dust?

The boxcar is loaded and ready to go. All aboard!"I have a freight train. I drive it all the time. I’m the engineer."The freight train is all loaded up and ready to go. The engineer is at the controls. It’s his job to deliver the freight, and there is a lot of it. Cows and chickens are riding in the livestock car, furniture and toys in the boxcar. There is even a refrigerator car full of ice cream and bologna. Driving all this freight where it needs to go is a big job!In this bright, active picture book, a little boy lives out the fantasy of driving his own freight train, down to the last accurate detail.

A bright and simple concept book takes readers through a noisy, smelly, sudsy, cluttered, and thoroughly enjoyable kitchen."The dishwasher is loud.The counter is cluttered.The blender is noisy.The sandwich is cut.The bags are plastic.The milk is spilled.The popcorn is popping!"Through breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, the kitchen is filled with interesting sights, smells, sounds and tastes. On this delicious trip through the kitchen, detail-rich scenes will delight young children as they recognize familiar foods and objects and learn new words to describe them. There's lots of fun to be had in the room where the syrup is sticky, the candy is hidden and the pie is cherry!

Jane Fae Flyer is tasked with an impossible mission: Find three missing fairies in the most surveilled and secure city in the world, Washington D.C.From the mind of USA Today bestselling author, JB Michaels, comes his most harrowing thriller yet, A Capitol Abduction.Taking place just days after the Spiritless invasion of the North Pole was thwarted by the Tannenbaum Tailors and Fairy Fleet combined, a new crisis emerges. Jane will need to reunite with her estranged sister to accomplish her objective. Will the sisters put aside their differences for the greater good? Suspense, danger, and intrigue abound in a fantasy action thriller that will take you on dizzying flight from the Washington Monument to the Smithsonian to the Statue of Freedom. Fly Fast. Fly Strong in A Capitol Abduction.

In this sequel to The Tannenbaum Tailors and the Secret Snowball, the Spiritless seek revenge for Captain Brendan tricking them into thinking they had the Secret Snowball in their possession.This epic and spirited tale starts out two thousand years ago, when three bearded men—the Brethren of the Saints—plant a sparkling pinecone that will become the Home Tree, the center of the Tailor nation. They then continue on their journey to deliver gifts to a very special newborn child…Flash forward to the 1980s, the battle between the Spiritless and the Tailors rages. Captain Brendan is imprisoned for telling a human boy about the Tailors, so the rest of the gang continue his search for Number One, the evil Spiritless leader. And Tonto mysteriously disappears…Jane and Coco are sent on a mission to the South Pole, but Jane is captured, Santa’s been kidnapped, and it’s up to Coco to get help back at the North Pole.Get ready for a reindeer ride that culminates in a battle in Santa’s bedroom amid the coal-flinging Spiritless. Oh—and don’t forget the Home Tree. It’s been poisoned! Is Christmas doomed?In this fun-filled and crazy Christmas adventure, anything is possible!

No light is as unforgiving as the spotlight, but to be in it while being a teenager is just plain brutal. This collection of fictional short stories highlight the struggles, hopes, failures, and triumphs of young aspiring singers, dancers, actors, actresses, and performers. While these characters may feel out of place during their everyday lives, they are able to find a home onstage and in rehearsals. Woven throughout the anthology are personal anecdotes from several of today's most celebrated performers of stage, screen, and television.Whether hilarious or romantic or devastating or suspenseful, these diverse coming-of-age stories are perfect for anyone who is reaching for the stars.

Brian Wolf was an average teenager and a rising high school senior until a near death experience plunged him head first into the spirit world. Critically injured and semi-conscious, Brian is visited by an ancient Native American relative, Gray Wolf, who miraculously heals Brian. Brian inherits a powerful Native American ceremonial necklace containing a stone of great power and is informed that he has been chosen to take up an old family task of helping earthbound spirits return to the spirit world. Brian's best friend Todd Weller, also a rising senior, decides to help Brian with his family task and the two of them become modern day ghost hunters, encountering both benevolent and frightening spirits in their paranormal investigations. This intricate adventure will stretch your imagination by taking you on a wild and exciting ride through earthly, spiritual, and intergalactic realms.

Captain Nexus and First Mate Scopes are on a secret mission. The Border Space Worlds are in danger because the Krilt have a new secret weapon. Nexus and Scopes have to find it and destroy it! But are they ready for what they'll find?* * * * *Mick Michaels thinks first grade readers need exciting books like the ones adults enjoy. So he's creating what you might call "first grade novels" — books that are more involved than easy readers but not as big as chapter books. They tell science fiction stories, fantasy stories, myths and legends, and other types of action-adventure tales that will appeal to most modern kids, especially boys. Some will be standalone stories, while others like this Captain Nexus book will be part of a series.These action-adventure books average 2000-2500 words, each with 5 or 6 chapters of around 400 words or less. Each chapter includes a couple of illustrations to help ease the transition from picture-oriented books to text-oriented books. The sentences sound more adult than "See Spot run. Run, Spot, run!" but aren't overly complex. While each book includes two or three challenging new words, the vast majority of words are already part of a first-grader's vocabulary. And each book is checked by a children's librarian to make sure the reading levels are appropriate for young readers.Let Captain Nexus and his crew introduce your child to the joy of reading science fiction!"'The Krilt's Secret Weapon' is a great Early Reader for children that like science fiction but aren’t ready for Science Fiction chapter books. This book will pull you right in on this mission immediately as you look at the map and go to work figuring out how far they have to travel and what will happen next! Will Captain Nexus follow orders that he has been given or will the mission call for him to do more? Will his team be able to get the secret weapon from the Krilts before they destroy the Border Space Worlds? This book will have your child begging for more. They will enjoy this amazing ride with Captain Nexus, Scopes, Dr. Lish and Freggy! This book will be great for children reading on a level 2-3." -- Carolyn Lowery, Librarian Assistant, Public Library-Central Branch, Forsyth County NC

George is an ape—not a monkey—and he is perfectly happy living his simple life in the jungle, until one day the man in the funny hat kidnaps him and brings him to the big city. Poor George! Forced to live in a cage at the zoo, then work hard manual labor and be mocked on stage—George has every reason to be upset. In fact, after all the maltreatment, he’s downright furious! So it’s a good thing George is one clever ape. Perhaps getting mad is not the only answer. Readers will laugh out loud when George comes up with a way to outsmart the man in the funny hat.