Books published by publisher Barlow Press

A fleet of humanoids from beyond known space came in blasting. But Earth is fighting back. Young ace pilot Deckham Bannison is the tip of the spear, and humanity is depending on him. So why aren't they telling him everything he needs to know?Flying heavily-armed starships into combat with his wingmen all around him, Deckham takes the fight to the enemy and looks good while doing it. But there's a secret he needs to uncover, a vital clue about the unknown enemy they're up against, which Earth’s strategists are holding back. If he can crack it open, he may be able to change the very nature of this war in space.Young Starfighters is YA science fiction with a hard twist. This fast-paced novel strikes an enjoyable balance between action and technology, ideas and emotions. In the end, it brings us face to face with the reality of combat in any age and who we can become when we go to war.Note: This young adult sci-fi title was previously published as Edge Space.

2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Award Winner: Pre-teen Fiction - MysteryWhile vacationing in the mountains with their parents, suburban twins Allanand Allison discover a complex treasure hunt revealed to them, clue byclue, on small printed cards placed in secret locations. In search ofeach new destination, the kids find themselves roaming through the bigmysterious house of their uncle as well as around the oddly-named townof End Of The Road. As the the treasure hunt progresses, they arepresented with more complex clues as well as challenges and danger.Along the way, they discover eerie new places, find new friends, makenew enemies, and learn secrets about their family's past. Eventually astrange world that they never knew existed is revealed to them.

"Molly was a skier. She skied the blues and blacks. She'd wake up early every day to lay down some fresh tracks." So begins "Molly Rides," a simple story of a young girl who takes on a new challenge and through patience and hard work discovers that she can have fun in the snow, regardless of what's on her feet. With lyrical rhyming meter, AASI Certified Snowboard Instructor Adam Ford spins a story that he's very familiar with—learning how to snowboard—and through it emphasizes both the work of mastering a new skill and the pure joy of snow sports. Award-winning illustrator Brian Berley brings the engaging text to life with eye-popping illustrations of Molly and her dog Bacon that evoke the history of skiing with a thoroughly modern touch.

Six magical sisters clean the carpets in their big house by flying them joyfully around the town. Seeing this, the prince of the province demands that the sisters teach him how to fly the carpets, but even though each sister teaches him a different way to fly them, the prince never learns. He takes all the carpets to his palace, leaving the sisters with nothing but old blankets and bath mats, which they fly with equal joy.

"Molly was a skier. She skied the blues and blacks. She'd wake up early every day to lay down some fresh tracks." So begins "Molly Rides," a simple story of a young girl who takes on a new challenge and through patience and hard work discovers that she can have fun in the snow, regardless of what's on her feet. With lyrical rhyming meter, AASI Certified Snowboard Instructor Adam Ford spins a story that he's very familiar with—learning how to snowboard—and through it emphasizes both the work of mastering a new skill and the pure joy of snow sports. Award-winning illustrator Brian Berley brings the engaging text to life with eye-popping illustrations of Molly and her dog Bacon that evoke the history of skiing with a thoroughly modern touch.

A tale of two spelling-bee-winner-type kids and how they overcome vocabularily challenged mean kids. In their alter-egos, Jam-Bo and Litta-Girl, James and Liza realize that the bullies are no match for kids who are funny, brave, smart, heroic, decent, clever, capable, gallant, marvelous, noteworthy, and unparalleled. The cleverness builds as each page adds positive descriptors with more and more letters. With multicultural characters, wonderful vocabulary development, a few grammar lessons, rhyme and meter, and the use of a bright, graphic approach that grabs and keeps your attention, the book clearly demonstrates how kids can unleash the greatest superpower they have-their minds.