Books published by publisher Backinprint

A movie company comes to Michael and Norman's town to make "The Revenge of the Swamp Monster" with superstar Arnold Snickersnacker. The director needs some extra plants to make the swamp scenes look creepier, and the boys' giant sock eating plants, Stanley and Fluffy, get the parts. Norman and his friend Bob make their own hilarious video monster movie starring themselves.

With ubiquitous electropollution from cell phones/towers, powerlines, computers, and wireless devices, this eye-opening book is the best resource for parents, community planners, healthcare professionals, and scientists alike. Winner, 1996 Award of Excellence from the American Medical Writers Association. From the earth's natural electromagnetic background to "Green" EMF safety designs, Electromagnetic Fields explains which illnesses are associated with artificial radiation, how technology impacts human health and wildlife, and how to live more safely."If you're looking for the plain unvarnished truth and the best available advice, this is one book you should not miss."-Robert O. Becker, M.D., author of Cross Currents and coauthor of The Body Electric"Other authors have dealt with EMF questions, but none with the clarity and evenhandedness of B. Blake Levitt. This book avoids the extremes of over-dramatization and understatement and delivers the important information in a cool and lively manner."-Andrew A. Marino, Ph.D., J.D., coauthor of Electromagnetism and Life, and The Electric Wilderness

The Second World War is over. Annie and her sister Sini, who have been hiding from the Germans for almost three years, are free again. They leave the hamlet of Usselo and the Oosterveld family that had sheltered them and return to their hometown. Their father also survived as did their sister, Rachel. The Journey Back tells of what can happen to members of a family, Jews in this case, when reunion demonstrates they no longer know each other. The book speaks for all people at all times and is as moving as its predecessor, The Upstairs Room.

Michael and Norman play detective with the help of their giant sock-eating pet plants, Stanley and Fluffy. On a dark and stormy night during a blackout, the book Michael is reading, The Curse of the Evil Ooze, disappears from right under his nose. Then a valuable plant is stolen. They discover a mysterious footprint outside their window. With their plants and themselves in danger, the boys solve all the mysteries in this laugh-loaded adventure.

Robin was always "wandering off" (her mother's words) to get away from the confusion she felt inside her. It was not until Robin's father found a permanent job at the McCurdy ranch, after three years as a migrant worker, that Robin had a place to wander to. As time went by the Velvet Room became more and more of a haven for her--a place to read and dream, a place to bury one's fears and doubts, a place to count on. The Velvet Room, first published in 1965, was a Junior Library Guild selection, and part of Scholastic Books' Arrow Book Club.

Michael and Norman and their giant weird sock-eating plants, Stanley and Fluffy, meet an amazing girl plant who takes a fancy to Stanley when the family's botanist friend and her daughter and son come to visit. After a hilarious sleepover, a visit to a zoo rainforest exhibit, and Norman's attempts to teach Fluffy karate, the three plants team up to foil some bad guys.

Michael and Norman's school is studying space flight, practicing countdowns, trying space food, and running their own missions. The boys' giant sock-eating pet plants, Stanley and Fluffy, are chosen as last-minute replacements for a plant experiment on the real Space Shuttle, and Stanley goes on the flight, keeping the astronauts in an uproar with his antics.

Ivy Carson belonged to the notorious Carson family, which lived in a run-down house in suburban Rosewood. But Ivy was not a typical Carson. There was something wonderful about her. Ivy explained it by saying that she was a changeling, a child of supernatural parents who had been exchanged for the real Ivy Carson at birth. This classic book was first published in 1970. It was awarded a Christopher Medal and named an outstanding book for young people by the Junior Library Guild.

Set in the dervish years of the Sixties and Seventies, Famous For Fifteen Minutes is a confession memoir of Ultra Violet. The story recounts of Warhol, a shy, bald, myopic, gay albino from an ethnic Pittsburgh suburb and the "Girl in Andy's Soup," Isabelle Collin Dufresne, a.k.a. Ultra Violet, a convent educated heiress from France. Salvador Dali, her companion for five years, introduced her to Andy in 1963. The book won the Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt Award, and has been published in 14 languages.

This is a story about furkens, descendants of a branch of genus elf, who have lost their elfin powers of being able to vanish and now hide fearfully in human houses. They are sadly often mistaken for mice, although don't smell like mice. They smell like warm apricot jam!They are "endearing, fully developed creatures," says Horn Book.ALA Booklist adds, "A tale that will have readers clamoring for a sequel."