M. C. Gladd Books

  This is my review of the first book in the His Dark Materials series, " The Golden Compass ", which introduces us to Lyra and the fantastical world she lives in, a place where everyone's souls take animal form. Children are being kidnapped and Lyra must figure out why. I found this to be wildly imaginative and inspiring. Loved it.

 This is my review of " The Proto Project " Jason finds out the hard way just how cool his mom is and how dangerous her work is when her billion dollar project literally sprouts legs and hides in his pocket. Mom gets kidnapped and he and his friend must go on a high speed, high tech adventure to save her...and maybe the world. Great fun read. Quick paced and likely to hold the most jaded kid's attention. Loved it.

 If anyone is looking for ways to encourage your teen to read, I wrote an article about it with some ideas that may help. You can find it here; mcgladdbooks.com/encouragingteenstoread