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Meet Jeff Stone, author of Phoenix

Jeff Stone lives in the Midwest with his wife and two children and practices the martial arts daily.

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When my students, high school freshmen in New York City, learn that I grew up in a town with a population of 1200, their first reaction is always the same:
 
“Small towns are so boringggg.”
“There’s nothing to do.” 
“Everybody knows everything about you.”
 
That last one always makes me laugh.  The same kids who complain about everyone knowing all their secrets share their deepest secrets with THE WORLD on Facebook, on a daily basis.  But I digress. 
 
Certainly there are people in small towns who are bored, and who have “nothing to do,” but that wasn’t my experience -- ever. I am... Read More


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The Red Blazer Girls: The Mistaken Masterpiece
Written by Michael D. Beil
Trade Paperback

Sophie, Margaret, Becca, and Leigh Ann are back in an all-new Red Blazer Girls caper. In the third installment, Sophie is nose to fist with her arch-rival, Livvy, all while taking care of movie-star Nate Etan's dog, when Father Julian hires the Blazers to help him authenticate a painting. Mayhem and... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Mistaken Masterpiece
Written by Michael D. Beil
Hardcover

Sophie, Margaret, Becca, and Leigh Ann are back in an all-new Red Blazer Girls caper. In the third installment, Sophie is nose to fist with her arch-rival, Livvy, all while taking care of movie-star Nate Etan's dog, when Father Julian hires the Blazers to help him authenticate a painting. Mayhem and... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Mistaken Masterpiece
Written by Michael D. Beil
eBook

Sophie, Margaret, Becca, and Leigh Ann are back in an all-new Red Blazer Girls caper. In the third installment, Sophie is nose to fist with her arch-rival, Livvy, all while taking care of movie-star Nate Etan's dog, when Father Julian hires the Blazers to help him authenticate a painting. Mayhem and... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Mistaken Masterpiece
Written by Michael D. Beil
Hardcover Library Binding

Sophie, Margaret, Becca, and Leigh Ann are back in an all-new Red Blazer Girls caper. In the third installment, Sophie is nose to fist with her arch-rival, Livvy, all while taking care of movie-star Nate Etan's dog, when Father Julian hires the Blazers to help him authenticate a painting. Mayhem and... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour
Written by Michael D. Beil
Trade Paperback

It all began with The Scream. And ended with . . . well, if we told you that, it wouldn’t be a mystery! But in between The Scream and The Very Surprising Ending, three friends find themselves on a scavenger hunt set up for a girl they never met, in search... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour
Written by Michael D. Beil
Hardcover

It all began with The Scream. And ended with . . . well, if we told you that, it wouldn’t be a mystery! But in between The Scream and The Very Surprising Ending, three friends find themselves on a scavenger hunt set up for a girl they never met, in search... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour
Written by Michael D. Beil
eBook

It all began with The Scream. And ended with . . . well, if we told you that, it wouldn’t be a mystery! But in between The Scream and The Very Surprising Ending, three friends find themselves on a scavenger hunt set up for a girl they never met, in search... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Secret Cellar
Written by Michael D. Beil
eBook

Mysteries seem to find the Red Blazer Girls: when Sophie finds a secret message in the antique fountain pen she bought for her father, the girls are on a case. Soon, they're at the home of the pen's original owner, a secretive man who kept to himself. His house is full... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Secret Cellar
Written by Michael D. Beil
Hardcover Library Binding

Mysteries seem to find the Red Blazer Girls: when Sophie finds a secret message in the antique fountain pen she bought for her father, the girls are on a case. Soon, they're at the home of the pen's original owner, a secretive man who kept to himself. His house is full... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Secret Cellar
Written by Michael D. Beil
Trade Paperback

Mysteries seem to find the Red Blazer Girls: when Sophie finds a secret message in the antique fountain pen she bought for her father, the girls are on a case. Soon, they're at the home of the pen's original owner, a secretive man who kept to himself. His house is full... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Secret Cellar
Written by Michael D. Beil
Hardcover

Mysteries seem to find the Red Blazer Girls: when Sophie finds a secret message in the antique fountain pen she bought for her father, the girls are on a case. Soon, they're at the home of the pen's original owner, a secretive man who kept to himself. His house is full... Read More
 





Summer at Forsaken Lake
Written by Michael D. Beil
Illustrated by Maggie Kneen
Trade Paperback

With their father en route to Africa for Doctors Without Borders, city-kids Nicholas and younger twin sisters Haley and Hetty are off to spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at his house on Forsaken Lake. Despite some initial doubts, Nicholas is right at home in the country: he learns to... Read More
 





Summer at Forsaken Lake
Written by Michael D. Beil
Illustrated by Maggie Kneen
Hardcover

With their father en route to Africa for Doctors Without Borders, city-kids Nicholas and younger twin sisters Haley and Hetty are off to spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at his house on Forsaken Lake. Despite some initial doubts, Nicholas is right at home in the country: he learns to... Read More
 





Summer at Forsaken Lake
Written by Michael D. Beil
Illustrated by Maggie Kneen
eBook

With their father en route to Africa for Doctors Without Borders, city-kids Nicholas and younger twin sisters Haley and Hetty are off to spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at his house on Forsaken Lake. Despite some initial doubts, Nicholas is right at home in the country: he learns to... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin
Written by Michael D. Beil
eBook

When there are mysteries to be solved, the Red Blazer Girls are on the case! The discovery of the Ring of Rocamadour has secured the girls' reputation as Upper East Side super-sleuths, bringing many sundry job requests (no mystery too small, right?) and some unwanted attention from crooks. This time the... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin
Written by Michael D. Beil
Hardcover Library Binding

When there are mysteries to be solved, the Red Blazer Girls are on the case! The discovery of the Ring of Rocamadour has secured the girls' reputation as Upper East Side super-sleuths, bringing many sundry job requests (no mystery too small, right?) and some unwanted attention from crooks. This time the... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin
Written by Michael D. Beil
Trade Paperback

When there are mysteries to be solved, the Red Blazer Girls are on the case! The discovery of the Ring of Rocamadour has secured the girls' reputation as Upper East Side super-sleuths, bringing many sundry job requests (no mystery too small, right?) and some unwanted attention from crooks. This time the... Read More
 





The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin
Written by Michael D. Beil
Hardcover

When there are mysteries to be solved, the Red Blazer Girls are on the case! The discovery of the Ring of Rocamadour has secured the girls' reputation as Upper East Side super-sleuths, bringing many sundry job requests (no mystery too small, right?) and some unwanted attention from crooks. This time the... Read More
 

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