Summaries
Book Descriptions:
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.
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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....
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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!
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The Storyteller Series (Ages 7-Teens)
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Book 1: When a Mermaid Cries:
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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!
Book 2: Buccaneer Kid:
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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!
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Book 3: The Ocean Kept Calling
Meet Shannon Barrett: a lonely teen whose secret destiny could change everything. Time-traveler. Ocean-dweller. One-of-a-kind. And he doesn’t even know it yet!
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Book 4: Where the Three Worlds Meet:
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If you've listened bravely to the Buccaneer Kid and held your breath to When a Mermaid Cries, this is the third key in a 4-book story that will leave you squirming to hear...no...to know more!
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After his father's disappearance Shannon feels absolutely alone. Lost in a small coastal town....and at school.
One day an old man paddles by and taking pity on the boy's plight, teaches him about the art of sea kayaking, listening to nature, and following his unusual undersea dreams. Soon however, the man comes to realize the boy has more to him than just surreal visionss.... he has incredible abilities! Shannon can communicate with animals, breath underwater, possibly even time travel...! Yet there is more... Who is the sinister stranger who appears in Shannon’s dreams from time to time?
Slowly he trains Shannon for what he senses is an inevitable battle, preparing him for someone, or something that comes from another time, another place...and intends to bring with it nothing but harm!
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- The Final Battle!
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Unlike our last three books, this last adventure begins today, when you open the first page. Within its pages lies a story of friendship....and loss. Meet Shannon Barrett once again....
He's older now, sixteen. At Bayview High in fact. He's somewhat tortured however, confused to say the least, for he's met his gang of ancient undersea relatives, Noah & Jack! he's swam with a slew of undersea protectors known as the People of the Sea. He's discovered his long-lost father is also…. a time-traveling warrior?
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Tentatively, Shannon is untangling his future...at high school, and in life. He begins to discover his unique inherited undersea abilities, while struggling to continue a normal teenage existence in coastal St. Margaret's Bay. Of course, he had no idea how to breath underwater at first, or how he influences animals of the sea! And, as crazy as it seems, how to travel through time to help save the modern world from the sinister menace who’s closing in fast!
Join us in Times Harmony-The Final Battle, as Bayview High student Shannon Barret pushes ahead....as he struggles to save his family and,
friends. If he's lucky, maybe he'll even find some important answers… at home, and under the sea. Perhaps at the end of this story, you too will realize that normal isn't always normal, and that often enough, one's perception of the world isn't always what it really is....
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Book 6:
Tails of treachery lie buried in the tides—yet some stories refuse to stay beneath the waves. Seth may be hiding, but echoes of his shadow linger. Shannon Barrett, no longer just a young boy with a kayak, is pulled deeper into the shifting worlds where land, sea, and time collide. Friendships grow, destinies rewritten, and the undersea battle takes on a whole new reality in the Return to Water House.
The sea remembers everything… and now, it calls them ALL back!