Book 1:
“Little girls can accomplish a lot.”
So says Officer Chuck Zander, Worldpol Juvenile Specialist, as he works with the
Novice Jazzicals Synchronized Skating Team to thwart an international bioterrorism plot
and rescue a kidnapped missionary who uses the nickname “Scheherazade.”
While struggling to overcome the “curse” on their Scheherazade program music, the
team helps Officer Zander monitor a computer ice skating forum used by the
missionary to send coded messages. Child psychologist Dr. Michaela Milani coaches
her Novices through a tough season of cheers, tears, and fears, grinding practices,
tense competitions, medals and muddles, fights and apologies, growing out of
costumes that only last one season, and growing into friendships that last forever.
The season ends with a nail-biting competition and a final battle of wits with the
kidnappers, as the Jazzicals learn that losing a competition isn’t nearly as horrible as
losing someone you love, and winning a competition isn’t nearly as wonderful as
finding someone you love.
“Every once in a while, we see one of them.”
The Capitol Ghost is the story of ice skaters, street kids, coaches, criminals, and the
ghosts that walk among them.
Four children from the Preliminary Jazzicals Synchronized Skating Team enlist brainy
teenager Karina Kowalski to help them hunt a ghost at the Capitol and save an elderly
night watchman’s honor. Karina uncovers the first clue, an ancient prayer, and begins to
trace the ghost through nearly sixty years of history. But what will Karina sacrifice in her
zeal to help others? A figure skating test, a father, or even her own life?
At the same time, a street gang in New York City is led by teenaged poet Dayshawn
Rogers. When Dayshawn’s little sister is murdered, he requests help from Worldpol.
Dayshawn designs a plan that Officer Chuck Zander uses to track down the murderer.
But what will Dayshawn lose in his zeal to help others? A publishing deal, a father, or
even his own life?
Even though the two groups never meet, their lives intersect and influence people they
don’t know, people in this world and the next world.
Book 2:
