You could hear the flesh pull apart as the rotting odor inside escaped engulfing the trio! Jeffrey and Martin suddenly had to turn away and step back for a moment to catch their breaths!

Flesh was being deep-fried and served to paying customers! Fingers and toes were tempered with a sweet sauce and were being offered as a quick snack! Sections of arms and legs were hanging from overhead racks like sides of beef!

"You call me boy again, and I'll use this thing to slice a smile into that ugly face of yours! Now I'm here to help you kill that creep "

You could hear the flesh pull apart as the rotting odor inside escaped engulfing the trio! Jeffrey and Martin suddenly had to turn away and step back for a moment to catch their breaths!

Flesh was being deep-fried and served to paying customers! Fingers and toes were tempered with a sweet sauce and were being offered as a quick snack! Sections of arms and legs were hanging from overhead racks like sides of beef!

"You call me boy again, and I'll use this thing to slice a smile into that ugly face of yours! Now I'm here to help you kill that creep "

The Magic Store Across the Street is the second book in Casner Curran's Across the Street series. It is the story of Daniel, a tough eighth-grader, who is in much more danger than anyone realizes. The action only intensifies when Daniel's sixth-grade brother, Cesar, and his best friend, Byron, try to help the older boy escape from spiritual oppression.

Besides the story of Byron and Cesar's friendship, the novel looks at parenting, family, and faith. The Magic Store Across the Street presents a story that kids and parents are sure to love.

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Suddenly, it caught her eye. Unnoticed before was a worn, leather-bound book resting on the mantel above the fireplace. Somehow knowing that this was her reason for returning to the house, Amanda rushed forward and snatched it from its perch.

Amanda Casey is forced to move with her family from San Francisco to a small rural community in northern California the summer before her freshman year in high school. On the weekend before the start of the new school year, Amanda makes a shocking discovery. Inside an old house in the woods, she finds a corpse and an old book that is full of magic spells-a book that will change her life.

On the first day of school, Amanda is immediately labeled as a troublemaker even though she's done nothing wrong. Her teachers and classmates start referring to her as "city girl"-a nickname she despises. But Amanda will show them. Surely, she thinks, there's a spell or two in the old book that will put an end to her problems at school.

Amanda, however, plays with powers that she does not fully understand. With each spell cast, she too pays a price. Almost too late, she begins to wonder whether her book of spells will help her or ultimately destroy her.

Suddenly, it caught her eye. Unnoticed before was a worn, leather-bound book resting on the mantel above the fireplace. Somehow knowing that this was her reason for returning to the house, Amanda rushed forward and snatched it from its perch.

Amanda Casey is forced to move with her family from San Francisco to a small rural community in northern California the summer before her freshman year in high school. On the weekend before the start of the new school year, Amanda makes a shocking discovery. Inside an old house in the woods, she finds a corpse and an old book that is full of magic spells-a book that will change her life.

On the first day of school, Amanda is immediately labeled as a troublemaker even though she's done nothing wrong. Her teachers and classmates start referring to her as "city girl"-a nickname she despises. But Amanda will show them. Surely, she thinks, there's a spell or two in the old book that will put an end to her problems at school.

Amanda, however, plays with powers that she does not fully understand. With each spell cast, she too pays a price. Almost too late, she begins to wonder whether her book of spells will help her or ultimately destroy her.

From that point on, Cassandra withdraws from the world, reserving her communications to her anonymously-written blog and to instant messenger conversations with her dead father.

Devil's Messenger, a combination horror story and murder mystery, is the story of how Cassandra battles from the brink of despair to reclaim her life, and her evil father who attempts to continue his reign of terror from beyond the grave.

Adding to the mix is Richard Harper's murderer, who is manipulating Cassandra's family and everyone else in the small community of Westport seeking the hidden fortune that Harper left behind.

Devil's Messenger is a roller-coaster ride of terror from beginning to end.

From that point on, Cassandra withdraws from the world, reserving her communications to her anonymously-written blog and to instant messenger conversations with her dead father.

Devil's Messenger, a combination horror story and murder mystery, is the story of how Cassandra battles from the brink of despair to reclaim her life, and her evil father who attempts to continue his reign of terror from beyond the grave.

Adding to the mix is Richard Harper's murderer, who is manipulating Cassandra's family and everyone else in the small community of Westport seeking the hidden fortune that Harper left behind.

Devil's Messenger is a roller-coaster ride of terror from beginning to end.