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JoAnna Rowe is a California-based author. In addition to writing adventure and horror stories for young readers, she enjoys crafting crime fiction that combines her passion for mystery with her love of storytelling.
MIDDLE GRADE
THE GUM CHEWS SERIES
ABOUT
The disappearance of eleven-year-old Icabum Plum's father was a sham, and the boy-detective refuses to be lied to again. After studying the skills of his movie idol, detective Sam Spade, for years after his father left his family, Icabum is confident he can see through any lie. Now, he uses his talents to search for the perfect case while stirring up trouble along the way.
Book One
A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TROUBLE
It's spring break, and Icabum has a plan:
-Ditch dad.
-Sneak into a classic film festival.
-Solve the contest.
-Win the trophy and return home.
What could go wrong?
How about everything?
Book Two
PRETTY CLOSE TO THE TRUTH
Mysterious bags picked up at school, suspicious new characters in town, one dead millionaire, and lots of gum. What do they all have in common? Not one thing until Icabum Plum and the Gum Chews begin to connect the dots. It's an open-and-shut case for a quick-talking master detective like Icabum Plum--if something far more serious wasn't clouding his judgment.
Book Three
IF THE HEADLINE IS BIG ENOUGH
A haunted mansion, a mad king, century-old clues, and a town that blames Icabum Plum for the disappearance of several children. Can Icabum clear his name and save the missing kids? Maybe, but first, he’ll have to get lost himself.
YOUNG ADULT/TEEN
THE PHANTOM LIBRARY - Short Story Collection
ABOUT
You don’t find the Phantom Library. It finds you. Seventeen books lay waiting on its dusty shelves. Tendrils of fear uncurl from their spines, searching for children to trap in their stories. Many curious minds have been taken by the library. They were kids looking for excitement. Instead, they found horrors chasing them to the end. You may escape the library, but the stories never leave you. Check out if you dare.
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PALADIN & PALLADIUM SERIES
ABOUT
Twelve-year-old Q-Wolfe’s father, Lord Governor, is a deity to the endangered humans living in the Free World. Only the leader's breath is capable of providing oxygen within the graphene dome where they live. When Q-Wolfe discovers a mysterious role-play game by the Game Master that reveals what happened to humanity outside their walls, the child begins to question the perfect world and the truth about Lord Governor’s power.
Book One
SHEEP STRIKE THE PEPPERCORN
Book Two
PALADIN AGAINST THE BIRD
MORE MIDDLE GRADE
SUCKER!
Fantasy-Adventure
Suckers don’t last long in the House of Blackheart—that is, vampires without fangs. Thomas Blackheart had been a Sucker until that fretful morning of his tenth birthday when his fangs finally grew. Now, Thom is doing everything he can to hide them. Because without fangs, he won’t have to be a vampire, a knight, or compete against his siblings to become ruler of the Netherworld.
PLAID SOCIETY OF P.O.T.W.O.T.
Fantasy-Adventure
Ten-year-old Hangeria “Frit” Fritter has been sent to POTWOT Academy, a secret boarding school her Nana once attended for Protectors of the Wall of Things. At POTWOT Academy, Frit learns that all the nonsensical stories Nana Marg told were real. Finding a button will give you the truth. Discovering a marble most certainly can foal a plan. Cat pirates exist. And most importantly, there are people with the ability to find what others have lost. Frit is one of them.
TIPS OF THE TRADE
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FEATURED CHARACTER
ICABUM PLUM
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