Books with author Robert Martinez

He is a legend. He is a mystery. And he can only be seen by children. He is the Gray Man. Ten year old “TJ” is about to embark on a journey that no one in this small Florida town has ever taken – and lived. Strange things are going on and it all leads to one thing for TJ and his family: a one on one encounter with the most feared Urban Legend in town. Will he be the only person who has ever seen the Gray Man and lived?

"Fourteen-year-old Manny Hernandez lives in a housing project in southern California. He and his other Mexican-American neighbors sleep in houses made of sheetrock and tin. They sit in yards worn down to dust, and hope that somehow luck will come their way. Poverty isn't the only problem in Manny's life. His father thinks Manny is as worthless as a penny. His crazy mother thinks she can scrub away or slap away his worries. Each day Manny hopes that Bobby and Stinky, the sadistic brothers across the parking lot. won't beat him up. Manny could join a neighborhood gang, but he's determined to make his own life worth something more."

Devastation is coming, not just for Palm Creek, Florida - a small town just a few miles from Cape Kennedy and N.A.S.A. - but eventually - it could destroy the entire eastern Florida coast if it isn't stopped. A predator with mysterious origins and no understanding of its inherent danger is on the prowl with seemingly nothing that can stop it. It hosts a cancer of epic proportions, not only the kind that eats away at your body - it's also the kind that transforms your soul. Four total strangers from different walks of life will be on a mission, they just don't know it yet. And the decisions and outcomes of these four unlikely friends will either save or destroy the populace.

What happens when four tween BFFs get together? Anything! Really! Meet the Juniors (aptly named because they have their parents names): 'Derik' David Markum - saxaphonist, auto-junkie and impulsive-adventurer with adrenaline running through his veins; Angela 'Christine' Lopez - leader-extraordinaire, nature-lover, texting-champion and hyper-talker; 'Marion' Katherine Morgan - the brains of the outfit (her dad works for NASA), computer-addict, animal-lover, laid back 'goody-goody' of the bunch, and classical pianist; and finally, but not least, 'Dylan' Rutherford Daniels - mild-mannered rich kid, yo-yo expert, comedian and master voice impersonator. Somehow, trouble always seems to find them, and NOT the other way around. They fight crime and solve mysteries. Their talents and character get them through most of it, but it's usually teamwork that saves the day.

Sunnyshine is a small village where everyone is as kind as you can imagine. One day Turley comes across a sign that states: "Apple Contest" Turley grows apples since he was a child so he joins the competition. Also there is Fox, he wants to join the contest as well but he doesn't have his own apples. So he decides to steal them and join the contest. You can read everything about this story in Sunnyshine - The Apple Contest