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ChironBooks brings you novels, stories, and plays for young readers by authors who have gained recognition in various literary fields. Here you'll find abundant fantasy, adventure, humor, and history.

Someone Talked, WWII homefrontNEW FICTION
Someone Talked!
by R. Conrad Stein

"A first-rate thriller for young people"—exciting WWII historical fiction for ages 8-up.

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• includes historical background information

reproducible, royalty-free Classroom PlaysNEW PLAYS
Classroom Plays
by Wim Coleman

Reproducible—5 plays‚
105 reading comprehension questions
. Page size: 8.5 x 11

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• plays for middle grade and high school

Lots of Literary Awards for ChironBooks:

Payshapes and the Bear bilingual storiesBILINGUAL STORIES
Payshapes and the Bear / Péxeps y el Oso
by Lucina Kathmann

Delightful tales with English and Spanish on facing pages.

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• International Book Awards—children's fiction

• animal characters • humor • great illustrations

Juggler in the Wind, Olympian GodsFEATURED IN READ
Juggler in the Wind
by Wim Coleman & Pat Perrin

Book 1 in the Wand Bearer Trilogy—a completely new take on the ancient Olympian Gods.

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• USA Book News Best Books Awards—fantasy
• YA fantasy adventure novel • mysterious circus

• available in print and all ebook formats

Anna's World historical fiction4 NATIONAL AWARDS
Anna's World
by Wim Coleman & Pat Perrin

1845 America—a bright, headstrong girl faces challenges in a Shaker community and in Boston.

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• Moonbeam Children's Book Awards
USA Book News “Best Books” Awards
• Reader Views Literary Awards
• Eric Hoffer Book Awards

• YA historical fiction, also loved by many adults
• available in print and all ebook formats

Red Monocle fantasy adventuresFANTASY SERIES
..Red Monocle
...
by Wim Coleman
...& Pat Perrin

..Adventures in myth
..and legend for tweens.




Buy The Taker and the Keeper

Buy The Death of the Good Wizard

• International Book Awards—children's series
• a fantasy adventure series for middle-school
• Merlin • King Arthur • danger • dragon • sorcery
• available in print and all ebook formats

Upcoming from ChironBooks, more adventures for young readers:

The Crow's Story, Wand Bearer TrilogyA midquel in
The Wand Bearer Trilogy
The Crow's Story
Short, illustrated, mystical and mythical, The Crow's Story is the tale of the magical bird who leads the Circus Olympus performers toward their destiny at the end of Juggler in the Wind. The Crow will play a most important role in Star Road (2013), so get in on his story early. The Wand Bearer encounters Native American mythology.

A Forest of Mathematics by Lucina KathmannA novel and math book at once, by Lucina Kathmann
A Forest of Mathematics
The animal characters in a forest present negative numbers, Cartesian coordinates, exponents, fractions, decimals, and percents through "real-life" (of the forest) situations, worksheets included, and a wayward young dragon who is redeemed through math. For tweens, teens and imaginative adults.

The Wand Bearer Trilogy continues
Juggler in the Wind, the first book of The Wand Bearer Trilogy, will be followed by Star Road and Otherworld. Written for teens and older by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin. When gods grow old to the brink of death, Randy plays a role in their wondrous rebirth. And when he falls in love with an immortal goddess, he must journey into a realm dreaded by mortals everywhere. By the end of Randy’s quest, our very world will never be the same.
Red Monocle continues
The Taker and The Keeper and The Death of the Good Wizard feature King Arthur and his knights; The Invisible Foe introduces the African trickster Anansi, who first unleashed stories into the world. In further Red Monocle books, from authors
Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin. Young readers will delight in experiencing more great myths and legends.

contact: info (at) chironbooks (dot) com