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WARNING! If you ever find yourself in the middle of the woods with your parents nowhere in sight and are asked by a strange man to sign a contract— please, please, please, do not sign it.

Jesse Alexander, a gamer, did not have the luxury of this warning before Pappy Baxter showed up on the doorstep of his uncle’s cottage in the woods. What happened next is nothing short of astonishing. Follow Jesse (and perhaps others) on their journey from the virtual to real and from seemingly dull to fully alive.

Video games, portals, horses, poetry, and ancient treasures— this story has twists and turns. It is a book that asks young people to think and be surprised and is as engaging as it is mysterious.

A Mysterious Tales of Loss and Woe- & Other Jovial Stories book. Suggested age: 10-15 (middle & high schoolers)

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Mysterious Tales of Loss and Woe- & Other Jovial Stories

Lilac is a girl of eight, or ten, or twelve years old- she’s not sure. She lives happily in the woods until she meets a Troll who begins introducing her to new ideas (Lilac & the Troll). Nelson is just another normal first year at Cambridge when he begins to have visions of one of England’s most famous statesmen. Why him and what must he do to make the hauntings stop? (Oliver Cromwell’s Head)

Enjoy twelve short stories that give you a sense of the surreal— while leaving you to ponder life’s great lessons. Characters journey through real— and not so real— life situations, where they must choose right from wrong, true from untrue, good or bad, and love over hate.

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Lilac & the Troll

The story of Lilac and the Troll, from Truest Dunkworth’s first collection of short stories, but with vibrant new illustrations that bring the characters to life to engage the young and delight the old. This book includes a new story by Truest Dunkworth, "The Supreme Friendship of Sam Burberry & Bobby the Bunny." Bobby and Sam find out what true friendship is all about as they come dangerously close to their demise at the hands of a hungry lion! This book is adapted for younger readers so that they might join in on the fun as well.

A book for younger readers (suggested ages 6-10)

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As the story goes, and one must not always trust stories, one day when wandering through the book section of his children’s favorite department store, Mr. Dunkworth noticed that every other book his children pointed out was more or less about farts.  “This can’t be right?” thought Truest, but sure enough it was.  

So after much time and effort, he came up with the books you are now exploring.  Mysterious Tales of Loss and Woe— & Other Jovial Stories Books are a series of books meant to engage the young and delight the old. Stories that might encourage Mr. Dunkworth’s own children to think of things other than natural body noises, while expanding their minds and learning something about real life.