Griffin's search for fresh food for his old turtle brings new friends from the old neighborhood. Can they keep the paths open for a new generation of Turtle Crossing? Second in a three-book series of short novels for Middle-Grade readers, The A Kind of Magic series, Turtle Crossing continues the story of a boy's finding his place in the world by way of an eco-magical realistic bridge from fantasy to a world in which magic is probably kind of real. Science, art, music, math and a sense of community of many generations all turn out to be A Kind of Magic.

A Trick of the Light is Book One of A Kind of Magic, a three-volume novel of eco-magical realism. It's a book about transition: from childhood to adolescence; from isolation to community; from passivity to action. From fantasy to the real world. It is deliberately aimed at 4th - 6th graders, and can be read as a whole or as three short school library books: A Trick of the Light, Turtle Crossing and ThunderHawk. This trilogy of short books for middle-grade readers follows a boy's awakening to the beauties and needs of the natural world around him, with the help of his friends, his family, his...

Griffin's dream of flying with the hawk makes him see things he's always taken for granted. Where does the power come from? Where does it go? Can we learn from the past to safeguard our future? Is he the hunter or the prey of the ThunderHawk? Last in a three-book series of short novels for Middle-Grade readers, The A Kind of Magic. series, ThunderHawk completes the story of a boy's finding his place in the world thanks by way of an eco-magical realistic bridge from fantasy to a world in which magic is probably kind of real. Science, art, music, math and a sense of community of many...