"Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants...

Melina and her friend Lisa cannot understand why they have developed magical powers - until they are whisked away from their homes in the middle of the night by the Gamlyns, a race of small, green people from another world and another time. The Gamlyns derive special powers from an extraordinary sapphire crystal hidden deep inside a cave. It seems that one of their race has learned to use its powers for her own wicked purposes, and her quest for power...

When twelve-year old Jack Mac Paidin touches a golden telescope tha reveals his magical powers, he enters a portal and travels through time to uncover hidden secrets about his parents' deaths...and the betrayal of his own brother. Things aren't what they seem in this fast-paced second volume in the Jack and the Magic Hat Maker middle-grade fantasy series. Deceived and abducted by his older brother, twelve-year-old Jack Mac Paidin takes a trip through...