Halloween was the perfect time to read a new, mysteriously creepy tale to children. In the case of the book "Dead Fred, Flying Lunchboxes, and the Good Luck Circle," any time would be a good time to read this one, or read it to a youngster. And with the holidays ahead, this might be a great book for the not-so-little kiddies.

 

 

 

It is the story of Ppeekk (pronounced ‘Peekie’) Rose Berry, who has an unexpected chance encounter with a mysterious little man who leads her to find King Frederick the 9th, a flattened, 3-inch, dead Shiner fish who comes to life in her hands. She aptly names him “Dead Fred,” and is soon introduced to his brilliant underwater kingdom of High Voltage.

 

She discovers that Dead Fred has been dethroned by Megalodon, a fiendish 50-foot prehistoric shark who uses his entourage of vicious crabs, blood-red remora fish and the three ghastly creatures mentioned above to threaten and extract the imagination and joy of children everywhere – and bring the kingdom of High Voltage to an abrupt end. As she and Dead Fred learn to love and trust one another, he enlists her help in trying to save High Voltage from the evil beast.

Ppeekk and her friends use all their resources, including themselves as human bait, to lure Megalodon and his rogue army into the fight of their lives in a heart-pounding adventure that takes place in the middle of a fierce and deadly Category 5 hurricane.

 

This deeply imaginative novel comes from a brilliant author, Frank McKinney, who creates his fantasies writing in an oceanfront tree-house perched 23 feet above the Atlantic Ocean! This best-selling author’s first venture into young reader fiction reached the number five slot on Amazon.com’s top-selling young reader books for teen adventure/thriller.