Adventure stories for readers who would rather be somewhere else.
Preferably somewhere with three suns. Books for nine-year-olds who want to save the world, five-year-olds who want it read twice, and grown-ups who never quite stopped looking up.
COVERThree brothers, three impossible powers, and a dying planet counting on them. A middle grade superhero adventure in space.
Earth’s last hope is thirteen, eleven, and five.
Silas Vane has a twenty-year head start. He doesn’t know they’re following.
Every deck of the mothership, drawn and never printed.
Unlock the archive →Two stories for the youngest end of the house — the sibling who insists on being read to twice, and then a third time.
A charming story about a boy and his dog.
The companion will arrive shortly after. Sold as a pair, because a pair is a better gift.
A standalone science fiction novel, currently being written. No cover, no title, and no release date worth printing yet — but if you'd like to know first, that's what the list is for.
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AUTHOR PHOTOThe Jupiter Brothers are real. Jackson, James, and Jay are Reed’s nephews. The powers are made up. The rest — the arguing, the fearlessness, the five-year-old who is quietly the smartest person in the room — is just reporting.
He writes for three different shelves: a superhero series for readers nine to twelve, picture books for the youngest end of the house, and science fiction for the grown-ups who never quite stopped looking up.