Wrestling with Tom Sawyer

by L. L. Samson

Published 6 August 2013
When twins Linus and Ophelia and their friend, Walter, bring Tom Sawyer into the real world, Tom immediately starts trouble but when Ophelia, with whom he has fallen in love, is kidnapped, Tom is determined to save her.

Saving Moby Dick

by L. L. Samson

Published 18 September 2012

This Character Could Be One Whale of a Problem

In Saving Moby Dick, Linus, Ophelia, and their friend Walter think they can control the powers of the Enchanted Attic, and they plan to bring Captain Ahab from Book World into Real World-on their own terms. But even the best-laid plans go awry sometimes, and their adventures take a wild turn. Captain Ahab is far crazier than they realized, and bookstores aren't really the best places to find whales, white or otherwise.


A hidden attic. A classic story. A very unexpected twist. Twin twelve-year-old bookworms Ophelia and Linus Easterday discover a hidden attic that once belonged to a mad scientist. While relaxing in the attic and enjoying her latest book, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ophelia dozes off, and within moments finds herself facing a fully alive and completely bewildered Quasimodo. Ophelia and Linus team up with a clever neighbor, a hippy priest, and a college custodian, learning Quasimodo’s story while searching for some way to get him back home—if he can survive long enough in the modern world.