Summaries
Bedtime Books...
The Mola Mola
A heartfelt story....
The mola mola has been enjoyed by thousands of elementary-age children. Join the many who have grown to love this beautifully written story ...and enthusiastically request its' telling time and time again.
Many years ago, a boy was pulled out of school to help his father fish off the coast of Nova Scotia. All goes well, until young Fraser falls overboard, and can't swim! His world dramatically changes when he comes face to face with a most unusual creature of the deep.... a giant mola mola!
Go back in time and join Fraser as he experiences a new perspective on life. One that leaves him, and his small community forever changed.
The Gray!
Long ago, there was a fisherman named Fraser. He was an old man whose only desire was to retire happily and leave his sword fishing days behind. Then it happened....
One day, a desperate schooner Captain, aware of Fraser's exploits as a once-mighty sword fisherman, asks him to go back to sea one last time. Fraser reluctantly chooses to help out the captain, but in doing so learns a lesson about the fragility of life when he comes face to face with a giant swordfish, aptly named…. the Gray!
Six Uplifting Tales
(The Underwater Storyteller Series) (For ages 7-teens)
Our story starts during World War I, but far from the fighting. A teenage boy named Noah Barrett gets swept out to sea on his homemade raft, drifting far from his village. Noah floats to an mysterious green island, unbeknownst to him, a special place for people of the sea- the Mer people. Here, Noah barely survives, befriends a mermaid, finds a mysterious cave, then realizes he himself must drink the tears of a mermaid... in order to stay alive!
Join us in this, our first book, where we are introduced to Noah in his earliest days, before he became the behemoth time warrior. This wonderously woven story will leave you breathless, drowning in a desire to know more about his untimely life-and disappearance...at sea!
In book two, we are introduced to Jack Barrett. Jack is a handsome, daring teenager who knows well how to survive, but he's also a boy who's born in the vile age of... pirates! His home, the Halifax waterfront bustles not only with these, but with brutal British soldiers as well. Orphaned and independent, Jack somehow manages to survive alone under the wooden piers, only to stumble across a treasure map, and a mysterious sea creature named Loretta! Follow Jack from the caves of Prospect, the cobblestone streets of fortress Louisbourg, and an epic, beyond-bedtime, reading journey… under the sea! An adventure along the coast, and under the waves... not to be missed by any kid, any parent, any school!
Book 3: The Ocean Kept Calling
Meet Shannon Barrett: a lonely teen whose secret destiny could change everything. Time-traveler. Ocean-breather. One-of-a-kind. And he doesn’t even know it yet!
After his father's disappearance Shannon feels absolutely alone. Lost in a small coastal town....and struggling at school.
One day an old man paddles by and taking pity on the boy's plight, teaches him about sea kayaking, listening to nature, and translating his unusual undersea dreams. Soon however, the man comes to realize this boy has more than just surreal visions.... he has incredible abilities!
He can communicate with animals, breath underwater, possibly even time travel...! Yet there is more... a sinister stranger appears in Shannon’s dreams and now he's coming for the boy!
Book 4: Where the Three Worlds Meet:
If you've listened bravely to the Buccaneer Kid, held your breath to When a Mermaid Cries, and squirmed in yur seat to The Ocean Kept Calling, this is the fourth key in a 6-book tale that will leave you squirming to hear...no...to know more!
Today Shannon faces an inevitable battle. Gone is the old man who was preparing him for someone, or something that approached from another time, another place. His dreams are coming true now-.and their reality are bringing nothing but pain!
Join Shannon, the old man, and an unexpected ocean creature as the teen attempts to overcome heartache and near disaster, where the three worlds meet.
Grab your seat tightly...for this is a story that extends well beyond the imagination...of most!
Book 5: Times Harmony- Hold Your Breath!
Join us in Times Harmony-Hold Your Breath, as Bayview High student Shannon Barret and his crew push aheadto save his family=and the free world! Seth is everywhere now! Jack's got a job, Noah disappears, and his father must leave again to be a spy in another time! It's as a plan created that will either end Seth-or everyone else!
That's ok, it's only the weight of the undersea world balancing on his shoulders!
The 'End' Book : Return to Water House!
The sea remembers everything… and now it calls the Barrett boys back!
Land, sea, and time have finally collided. Friendships are tested, sacrifices occur and destinies sadly rewritten. An undersea battle, like a final breath arrives-and a whole new erupts in Return to Water House.