Josh Anvil

Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door is Bruce Arrington's first contemporary young adult/teen novel, a five stars Reader's Favorite recipient. Josh Anvil wants to quit school...for good. His severe dyslexia put a stop to any dream of academic success. But a canoe ride outside his Louisiana home turns out to be a radical life changing event. Suddenly, Josh can speak things into living existence and it turns out he has a knack for curing sick people. It doesn't take long before he catches the attention of all sorts of people, both good and bad, earthly and extra-terrestrial. Meanwhile, arson fires are springing up all over Baton Rouge. Could these events be connected? And can Josh solve the mystery before his city is turned into a heap of ashes? Weaved in teen/YA fantasy with elements of action and comedy, Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door captures the trials of a high school freshman with powerful abilities at his command.

Dominant aliens. A pivotal weapon. A broken world. Josh's next adventure. It's been said that nothing ever stays the same, and it's true when it comes to Josh's abilities. He's now on a different planet, and suddenly his old powers are gone. But new ones take their place. He just has to figure out what they are. As Josh agrees to help his new friends, their adventures take them into even more worlds, and his powers change again. So in Josh's case it helps to be flexible. The aliens that supercharged Josh are part of a race that controls many worlds, and Josh learns that Earth is next on their list. It doesn't take long for the aliens to know he's in their world, and they are determined to prevent his way back to Earth by any means possible.

Fourteen-year-old Josh Anvil is back on Earth, having rescued his grandparents from oblivion. After his interview disaster he returns home to face school finals, nightmares, demanding FBI agents, and teacher clones. Meanwhile the Earth's atmosphere is heating up toward Triassic period levels. With a new girlfriend and a promise of basketball stardom, Josh's life finally seems to be improving. But is it only the calm before the storm? Weaved in YA fantasy with elements of action and comedy, Josh Anvil and The Gathering Storm captures the trials of a high school freshman with powerful abilities at his command.

The aliens were right: Josh can't contain his powers. Not anymore, with his subconscious making monsters he doesn't control. As Earth's future looks darker with a catastrophic invasion just around the corner, Josh's world is torn in two. Weaved in YA fantasy with elements of action and comedy, this fourth book in the Josh Anvil series captures the trials of a high school freshman with powerful abilities at his command.