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Fall Guy (Video Game Elementary #3) OUT NOW!

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The Mid-Season Update has arrived, and there are a few minor bugs to stomp out. Literally! As school Custodian, the monster-hunting work falls to Connor. But after stumbling on a rare “Epic” Quest, the new Sabertooth fiends are the least of his problems …

ALERT! AN ADMINISTRATOR IS SUPPORTING THIS POWER!

Dr. Abigail Karsus, VP-P, VP-D, is no ordinary principal. Her eyes are sharp. Her laughter is wicked. And monster bones clink when she walks, thanks to her ghastly Bone Armor.

Connor’s fourth-grade class is appalled. Is this VGL’s newest Administrator or the Hidden Boss of a Graveyard stage?

Dr. Karsus insists she’s just filling in. But a lot can go wrong in a short visit, as Connor and his friends soon find out. When a horde of Undead fiends storms the school, a shocking Quest Trigger asks an ominous question:

How do you defeat an Administrator?

Featuring:

  • Mana Pools! Fast Travel!
  • One Cantankerous Wisp
  • THE SPORTS GLITCH
  • New “Epic” Loot and Abilities.
  • Zombies. So. Many. Zombies.

Don’t miss out. The legend of Connor Lamb is heating up!

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Impostor Mode (Video Game Elementary) is OUT NOW!

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Impostor Mode - Video Game Elementary Book 2

It’s field trip day at VGL, and Connor’s class is blasting off into space! Connor should be excited. But after a pair of Corrupted fiends delay takeoff, he gets a worrying ping:

ALERT! CORRUPTION DETECTED!

There is danger aboard the Aeronautica. One of Connor’s crewmates is a spy for the evil Ginevra. But which crewmate? In his new role as Custodian, it falls to Connor to investigate.

Is it their goofy, UFO-loving pilot, Ms. Veen?

Is it Neema, whose virtual pet is a (probably) man-eating plant?

Or is it Garon, the smirking transfer student who hates Connor’s guts? (It had better not be Garon. His avatar is a little OP…)

As the evil scheme slowly uncoils, Connor and his best friends, Glitch and Lisa, find themselves at the center of a ship-wide conspiracy. Will they solve the mystery in time? Or will the impostor lurking among them squelch their protests for good?

Featuring:

  • Life-sized Virtual Pets
  • Hilarious Quest Logs
  • SPACE BATTLES
  • All new Items, Loot and Abilities
  • Monsters. So. Many. Monsters.

Don’t miss out. The legend of Connor Lamb is only beginning!

Impostor Mode (Video Game Elementary #2) – Read it Now!

Packed with humor, heart and page-turning action, Video Game Elementary is the perfect bridge between chapter books and middle grade. Reluctant readers who play Minecraft, Roblox and Among Us will be hooked!

Video Game Elementary — OUT NOW!

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Rare loot drops? Monsters in the hallways? An after-school swords team?

Welcome to Video Game Elementary: it’s online school, leveled up! New in 2022, this epic, easy-to-read chapter book series reads like your favorite cartoon come to life. Perfect for Minecraft fans, or anyone who’s ever dreamed about “leveling up” during recess or after-school sports.

Connor can’t wait for Swords Team practice. He has a new Wolf Buster Sword to try out. That’s a C-Rank Melee Weapon. It took ages to grind!

But when his virtual classroom malfunctions, Connor finds himself re-living the same boring school day again and again. Worse, no one else seems to notice the difference!

What’s going on? Will Connor ever make it to Swords Team? Or will he be trapped in his fourth-grade classroom forever?

AN EPIC ADVENTURE AWAITS

Something is rotten at Video Game Elementary. Join Connor as he embarks on a daring, not-really-teacher-approved trip across the suddenly treacherous VGL campus, which might just be under attack …

The world of Video Game Elementary includes:

+ Characters who gain levels, loot and abilities
+ A gaming-style Quest Log
+ Crafting and battle systems
+ A wide range of monsters to hunt (called fiends)
+ Thrilling, age-appropriate action (character deaths get you zapped to detention)
+ A sprawling, world-sized campus to explore.

Turn your gamer into a reader with Video Game Elementary.

Ages 6-10+

Buy it today!

The Breaking Game (Creeptown #3) — OUT NOW!

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The Hunger Games meets Goosebumps in this chilling Creeptown adventure!

The Breaking Game (Creeptown) - Scott Charles

After a crunching tackle sees 12-year-old Rebecca red-carded from her soccer vacation, she’s sent to a mysterious camp for America’s most vicious and brutal young athletes.

“I’m not a monster!” says Rebecca. But the camp’s savage new owner just might be…

Don’t miss the fast-paced horror series kids are screaming about! Creeptown books combine fast plots, lovable characters and shocking late twists; perfect for fans of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series. Can you predict how the story will end?

Available NOW in e-book and paperback from your favorite online retailer. Happy Halloween!

The Bone Taker (Creeptown #2) OUT NOW!

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The Bone Taker - Creeptown - Scott Charles
The Bone Taker (Creeptown #2) – available now in e-book and paperback format on Amazon!

Indiana Jones meets Goosebumps in this chilling Creeptown adventure!

Arlo Vreeland is not a superhero. There is nothing cool about missing forty percent of your skeleton. Especially when your dad studies bones for a living, and your uncle runs the world’s biggest fossil museum. Who took Arlo’s bones? And why is a missing Creeposaurus rex skeleton involved? Arlo finds his answers, and more, on a full-day class trip he will never forget.

Read it free on Kindle Unlimited!

Mylo and Max Break the World (OUT NOW!)

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Mylo and Max Break the World – available now in e-book and paperback format on Amazon.

Rule #1: Never trust your wish guide.
Rule #2: Do not swing his magical wrench.
Rule #3: If your piano hops after you, RUN!

Ten-year-old Max Chu is desperate, but no one is listening. Max knows his music instructor is evil. He wants to humiliate Max at tomorrow night’s concert. Max would do ANYTHING to avoid the big stage. But when his last-minute wish attracts magical help, he might be forced to rethink that…

Mylo Zapp is not a wish guide. His magic is faulty, his business plan stinks, and he’s definitely not supposed to leave his home planet, Omnus, to take on risky new clients. But who can stop a born entrepreneur?

Fast-talking Mylo persuades Max he can fix up his life. Instead of facing his fears, Max can “twist” them away using magical tools. So why worry? Unfortunately, Mylo’s twists come at a terrible price. Now planet Earth is breaking apart. Reality is twisting out of control, and the music teacher Max begged to avoid becomes a real-life supervillain — an eight-foot-long, man-eating piano bent on world domination!

Max has never felt so afraid in his life. But when an evil orchestra kidnaps his sister, Max must finally confront his arch-nemesis, live on stage, in the biggest concert in Earth history. Can Max pull it together for one last performance — or will he become the hungry piano’s next meal?

Read it free on Kindle Unlimited!