Books with author TJ Murphy

Twin brothers Jake and Jordy stand in the middle of their favorite creek and perform yo-yo tricks--or, rather, Jake performs them since he is so much better at them. Suddenly a set of shimmering stairs appear, leading up to a door in the sky. Jordy gingerly climbs on the first step but splashes back into the water when Jake stops performing his trick. Convinced that the yo-yos are a key to this mystery, Jordy gets Jake to continue the trick and they both climb to the door and open it. Upon going through they find themselves in a new land. A group of short men appear and announce themselves as pixies. It appears they have been waiting for the twins to arrive to save their land from the evil Black Demon. They return to their home with the 12-year-old twins in tow and discover that they are the chosen ones to battle this demon. Along with their guide, Shirra, they embark upon a quest to find and defeat this monster before he takes over their entire world. They battle many of the demon's minions along the way, and fall victims to various calamities. Will they be successful in defeating the Black Demon--and will they ever be able to return to their own world?

FRIGHTLANDS By: T. J. Murphy Race, along with his pals Spec and Vid, checks out a new amusement park ride. The fact that they are the only riders doesn’t faze them. But once the doors to this golden train slam shut, they are whisked off to the first of three terrifying lands. In Zombieland, they must outwit walking cadavers and survive long enough for the train to return and carry them to the next world. Skeletonland greets them with human and animal skeletons – alive! The kids are captured and taken to a cave where they become the intended main course. They devise a unique plan to escape from this horror, only to arrive in yet another terrible place. Two evil cousins who compete in everything rule Witchland. They use the kids as bait in a contest, with the winner getting to decide how their victims will meet their end. Will the trio survive this final world and return to the park aboard the golden train?

Days before his 12th birthday, Devon Cullin and his pals embark on a boat trip to their favorite island in the Gulf of Mexico. After arriving they discover that a hurricane has suddenly turned their way. Barely surviving a harrowing boat trip home, they flee to the house and try to close the hurricane shutters as the fierce storm hits them, much stronger than originally forecast. After an upstairs window breaks, then another gets hit by a falling tree, the kids decide to venture outside during the eye to find a board in the shed to cover the lower window and secure the house before the worst half of the strong hurricane hits. Will they make it in time...or will this wicked storm destroy the house...and them right along with it?

11-year-old Devon Cullin is dismayed when he finds out that he will spend his spring vacation visiting his cousin Stacey--in Kansas. Things begin to unravel quickly when they venture up into the hills during tornado season. A twister suddenly drops from the clouds and wickedly spins right towards them. Will they make it to the safety of a rock outcropping in time, or will this be Devon's final vacation?