John Hope

Tragedy strikes Pankyland when the owner, Mr. Panky, suffers a heart attack. Making things worse, a new state-of-the-art theme park, Be Little World, opens across the street and steals away all of Pankyland guests, threatening to shut down the Florida theme park for good....

Eleven-year-old Panky and his nine-year-old brother, Craig, are picked to star in Pankyland the Movie. Amongst some sibling rivalry, Panky and Craig get kidnapped by a jealous parent whose kid didn't win the starring role in the movie....

By empowering hamsters with laser firepower, a pair of Zammarians attempt to invoke chaos among humans in order to conquer the earth so their leader can bring back ALF to primetime TV.... 

Deep within Sebastian’s vivid imagination, international spy Foxfire is tasked with her most difficult mission yet: To find and capture the Devil himself....

Whatever happened after happily ever after? This thrilling collection of classic fairy tales answers the question, each story going deeper into the fanciful creations the world has loved and shared over the centuries....

After 13-year-old Hertz endures World War II, he must now survive Berlin’s devastation. With only Father’s violin as comfort, Hertz scrounges for food with his older sister Elsa, best friend Jakub from Poland, and fellow Berliners....

Before St. Augustine earns his position as bishop, he and his teenage son must save the good name of the early Christian Church and rescue an altar boy from the clutches of a soul-capturing daemon. To do so, one of the two must travel to an unknown spiritual realm called the Neither.... 

Here's an impressive collection of award-winning short stories in a wide variety of genres assured to keep listeners on edge. Twist endings, thought-provoking themes, and humorous characters....

When a pair of neighboring, rival families visit a Florida theme park on Panky's 11th birthday, he is forced to team up with his nemesis Benji to find younger brother Craig....

Twelve-year-old Johnny "No Good" Emmerstaff is an only child in a semi-rural section of Sanford, Florida in the late 1940s...

After Colby's estranged father returns to his white-trash home, the nine year old struggles to survive a promiscuous neighborhood mother, money sharks, and more....

Peter lives in a silent world. Thirteen, deaf, and tormented by neighborhood bullies, Peter seeks solace in summertime snorkeling outings....

For his 11th birthday, Pickles’s quirky great uncle, Professor Noodlemind, gives the boy the best gift in the world: a new cloned brother named Andy. Unfortunately, something goes wrong in the cloning process, and Andy now has an unusual affliction–his skin produces chocolate....

Too-smart-for-his-own-good Oscar meets fellow fifth grader Timothy, who he discovers has a secret power—mind control to change people’s minds, making them do whatever he wants. Oscar uses his new friendship to get out of detention and ace a history presentation....

At the start of his summer vacation following 6th grade, Ryan arrives at his mom’s Colorado Springs home to learn that she has been transferred to in a small fishing town resort in Campeche, Mexico, and they’re moving—now....