Books published by publisher Bradley Stuart Books

Henry discovers a horse with a scar on his forehead in his front yard. He will discover later this is a hornless unicorn, the victim of a brutal attack that happened over a hundred years ago in a land called Altara. The horse carries him to Altara where the first person he meets is an old man called Papo. After traveling for two days with Papo his suspicions are confirmed, Papo is plotting to use Henry for his own purposes and then to “be rid of him and the other boy.” Henry sets off alone, struggling with whether or not he can be hurt or even killed in this alternate world. At the end of each day in Altara Henry falls asleep only to wake up in his own bed in his own suburban life. At home he has two friends, Jamal and Fred and a little brother named Larry. While Henry is struggling to understand his alternate world he is also struggling with the challenges of his middle school life. A great deal hangs on a chess match against the coach. Also, Jamal falls in love but needs Henry and Fred to go to the dance with his girlfriend’s best friends. This is Henry’s first middle school relationship and his stomach is tied in knots. He also must face his anger issues and his fear that dweebdom is an inescapable black hole. Back in Altara Henry meets Anree who in a few days will be raised up as the Tara, the leader of the land of Altara. They are identical, this was the fact Papo and his friends planned to use to unseat the new Tara.Henry and Anree decide they must find the lost key to the Gates of Altara and heal the ancient wrong done to the unicorn in order to fully establish the true Tara. The horn that was brutally taken from the unicorn a hundred years ago has been hidden in plain sight in the apartment of one of Papo’s co-conspirators, and amazingly Henry’s grandfather has the key to the Gates. Henry not Anree, is the true heir to the role of the Tara. Through all this Henry discovers he can accept his assigned place in school as a dweeb with a chessboard or decide he will be something more. He realizes the reason he doesn’t have many friends is he is a lousy friend. He learns he must take responsibility for Henry. In the final pages Henry wakes up in his bed at home to find his mother reading his journal. She wants to know if this is fact or fiction and whether Henry or Anree has come home to her.

Henry thinks he is the King of Dweebs. He wants to escape. He wants to be?Well maybe that's the problem he doesn't know what else to be or how to get there. A hornless unicorn takes him to a land called Altara. In Altara, Henry will meet his identical other, discover he is the real heir to rule Altara and try not to get killed. He also finds a fire in his gut. He finds out what it is to be alive. His greatest challenge is to sustain that fire in middle school where he feels he is suffocating. Where he will play coach in two chess matches, go to his first dance, have his first middle school romance (and break up) and face the impossible challenge of climbing the rope hanging from the gym ceiling. Stuart weaves together the two worlds and the life of Henry and his identical other into 12 days of very realistic living. By the end Henry knows who he is. He knows what it means to be Henry on Fire living in suburbia.

Perry and his mother have agreed that Blotch, the birthmark on the side of his face shaped like Michigan, upper and lower peninsulas, can be removed. Even though his girlfriend Cam tells him Blotch is an ability, not a disability she is fully onboard with the plan. Unfortunately the first time Perry has an appointment to remove Blotch it is canceled by two feet of snow. A month later his appointment is again canceled because Perry has the flu, pneumonia, and bronchitis. And then his Mother says no, Blotch must stay. In one night Perry’s world comes crashing down around him. His parents won’t let him come home. Cam won’t talk to him. Not knowing where to turn he finds an unlocked car and spends the night in the back seat. He begins to believe his only hope is that the angels come back and that they come back in time.

Henry thinks he is the King of Dweebs. He wants to escape. He wants to be?Well maybe that's the problem he doesn't know what else to be or how to get there. A hornless unicorn takes him to a land called Altara. In Altara, Henry will meet his identical other, discover he is the real heir to rule Altara and try not to get killed. He also finds a fire in his gut. He finds out what it is to be alive. His greatest challenge is to sustain that fire in middle school where he feels he is suffocating. Where he will play coach in two chess matches, go to his first dance, have his first middle school romance (and break up) and face the impossible challenge of climbing the rope hanging from the gym ceiling. Stuart weaves together the two worlds and the life of Henry and his identical other into 12 days of very realistic living. By the end Henry knows who he is. He knows what it means to be Henry on Fire living in suburbia.

Perry is homeschooled until he is ready for ninth grade and tells his parents he wants more person to person interaction and wants to attend public high school. Perry has a number of things that make him stand out. He's a math genius so he starts high school as one of two freshmen in a senior's calculus class. He reads through the school's roster once and he knows everyone's name and address. He doesn't believe in violence of any kind. When he concentrates he sees people's essences as aurora or strings of light around them. And the thing he has the hardest time telling us about is the giant blotch of a birthmark on his left cheek.In the first two weeks of school almost no one speaks to him. In the next two weeks, he has a girlfriend, has met Josh who will be more than a best friend and has made a mortal enemy who is ready to pound his gut and send him searching for the floor. In the fifth week he learns why his mother can't imagine ever allowing his birthmark to be removed.

Perry and his mother have agreed that Blotch, the birthmark on the side of his face shaped like Michigan, upper and lower peninsulas, can be removed. Even though his girlfriend Cam tells him Blotch is an ability, not a disability she is fully onboard with the plan. Unfortunately the first time Perry has an appointment to remove Blotch it is canceled by two feet of snow. A month later his appointment is again canceled because Perry has the flu, pneumonia, and bronchitis. And then his Mother says no, Blotch must stay. In one night Perry’s world comes crashing down around him. His parents won’t let him come home. Cam won’t talk to him. Not knowing where to turn he finds an unlocked car and spends the night in the back seat. He begins to believe his only hope is that the angels come back and that they come back in time.

Perry is homeschooled until he is ready for ninth grade and tells his parents he wants more person to person interaction and wants to attend public high school. Perry has a number of things that make him stand out. He's a math genius so he starts high school as one of two freshmen in a senior's calculus class. He reads through the school's roster once and he knows everyone's name and address. He doesn't believe in violence of any kind. When he concentrates he sees people's essences as aurora or strings of light around them. And the thing he has the hardest time telling us about is the giant blotch of a birthmark on his left cheek.In the first two weeks of school almost no one speaks to him. In the next two weeks, he has a girlfriend, has met Josh who will be more than a best friend and has made a mortal enemy who is ready to pound his gut and send him searching for the floor. In the fifth week he learns why his mother can't imagine ever allowing his birthmark to be removed.

This is a story about 7th grade Henry and his boring Halloween Night. Henry made up the word Suborediom as a combination of suburbia and boredom. This story is as boring as most of Henry's life but every so often something good happens. You can read more about Henry's life in middle school and his adventures in the alternative reality of Altara in the novel Henry on Fire by Stuart.