The Memory Bank is a two-part science fiction fantasy novel.The Memory Bank - All in the MindThe Memory Bank’s powerful prism was invented to preserve people’s memories for their families after they passed away, but as teenagers Joe and Alex discover, it also has a much more sinister purpose.Using masks created from people’s faces, Claudia Woodville and her associates can access memories connected to passwords for banking codes and military secrets. Joe and...

The Memory Bank is a two-part science fiction fantasy novel.The Memory Bank - Prisoners of the PrismSeparated and tumbling helplessly between the multiple memories preserved within the bizarre universe inside The Memory Bank prism, teenagers Joe and Alex seem to have no hope of ever escaping back to the safety of the real world.And yet even when they do manage to reunite,it isn’t long before Claudia Woodville herself enters the surreal memory world inside t...

The Order of Excalibur - The Ring of Fate is a fantasy novel for young adults set in Britain early in World War II. At the height of the Blitz and the Battle of Britain, young Canadian wizards Nick and Ginny are recruited by the mysterious Order of Excalibur as the country faces the threat of invasion.Nick and Ginny’s father, Robert Jennings, is the world’s leading scholar on the magic and folklore of the Arthurian period, based at Cambridge University, while The Order of Excalibur...

The Order of Excalibur - Reich Britannia is a fantasy novel for young adults set in a parallel universe in the early 1940s, where Germany has invaded and occupied Great Britain. This was one of the possible futures shown between the standing stones of Merlin's Ring of Fate that has now become reality, once the stones were materialized by Canadian teen wizards Nick and Ginny.Nick and Ginny are initially separated in a deadly nightmare world before being recruited by the British Resi...

Two books in one, this unique history for middle grade kids presents the perspectives of both the Allied and Axis forces during WWII.When World War I ended in 1918, it was called the war to end all wars. But it wasn't. Unsettled issues and resentments festered for the next twenty years, culminating in the outbreak of war in Europe and Asia in the 1930s. The Axis powers, led by Germany, Italy, and Japan, joined to fight the Allies, led by the U.S., the United Kingdo...

Max is haunted by a girl with green eyes. He ignores the odd visions, but then he meets the girl face to face. Her name is Julia, and she and Max knew each other once, in another world…and now she needs his help.The borders between realities are thinning, and Alastair Hammond’s experiments into the existence of parallel universes are dangerous and destructive.Marooned within a bewildering series of alternate timelines, Max and Julia are forced to fight for their own surviva...

Where Do Ideas Come From? examines how The Alchemist's Portrait, The Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic's Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, and The Sphere of Septimus can be used to create workshops and creative writing exercises.These include writing time travel stories, creating superheroes and comic books, inventing imaginary worlds and fantasy kingdoms, exploring fascinating historical eras, imagining future technological developm...

An Untimely Death is an exciting science fiction and fantasy adventure for young adults. In the present day, Peter is fourteen and lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He’s long known about the stories concerning the experiences of his great-grandfather, Ted, during World War II, when he served with the Canadian Army. Peter knows that Ted participated in the invasion of Normandy in 1944, then in the Allied advance across Europe and into the Netherlands and Germany following D-Day.Whe...

The Working Writer’s Guide examines the professional life of those who have chosen to pursue writing as a career. People often believe that either that all published authors earn millions or that it’s impossible to make a living as a writer. It’s certainly possible to make a living based on your writing, but a number of different revenue streams are required.In reality, most full-time writers have multiple sources of income. These include book sales, royalties, teaching, workshops,...

While exploring an archeological site, Annie discovers the tomb of Lady Isabella Devereaux, who was condemned to death as a heretic. When Annie picks up a mysterious amulet that she finds in the tomb, she is hurtled back to the Middle Ages, encountering sorcery, treason and the Black Death.

In the wild frontier of the 1890s, young Maggie leaves home, chasing freedom and the cowboy life she’s always admired. But her dream turns dark when she marries a violent drunk and is left for dead on the prairie. Rescued and taken to the saloon at Crosskeys Creek, Maggie finds herself surrounded by women working in the town’s brothel. While they entertain clients, she takes up sewing—quietly mending what she can with a silver thimble and trying to stitch her life back together.But...

This book explores the many elements of the fantasy realm and examines the use of magic in stories for children and young adults. Topics include fairy tales, magical objects, secret languages, mysterious books, time travel, mythological creatures, and the roots of magic."In particular, I enjoyed the topic Tools of the Trade, as author Simon Rose pointed out elements such as magic wands, time travel devices (magic versus machine), and spell books. Also of note was the topic of s...