Juvenile/Teen: Science Fiction/Fantasy

Fourteen-year-old Josh Anvil doesn’t have a promising future. His dyslexia prevents him from achieving academically, and his dad’s recent injury from a terrible arson fire threatens his family’s livelihood. But when Josh makes a fateful canoe trip in the family swamp, his life changes forever. After drowning in the dark cypress waters he is brought back to life by an other-world power. Soon he discovers his ability to create living things, and he can heal the sick. But with strange arson fires erupting all over Baton Rouge and a mysterious threat targeting his life, Josh must find the connection. And he can’t learn this from high school. Weaved in 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.