Fiction

As a reward for their heroics, fifteen-year-old Pete Jenkins and his three Cincinnati Row friends revisit the Anderson's at their magnificent cottage on Mackinac Island. Pete's idea of rest and relaxation is soon interrupted bu a chance meeting with an elderly heiress. She presents Pete with a seemingly worthless poem which leads the teens to various sites around the Island -- and ultimately onto the perilous grasp of a deranged treasure hunter.

Fifteen-year-old Pete Jenkins and his three summer friends visit the nearby Round Island Lighthouse after crossing the turbulent water of Lake Huron in their tiny dingy. After exploring the island they return to find their picnic basket turned over and a warning message in their boat.

From the back cover:
A Pitch In Time tells the tale of a modern-day boy who tumbles from his bike and wakes up to find he has traveled back in time to the spring of 1864 in rural Michigan during the Civil War. His Souther accent, cultural views and even the sport he loves all come in conflict with everything he has ever known. The story unfolds as his new 19^th century friend, Sally Norton, helps him learn the ways of a war-torn Northern community.

Thistledom is a refreshing departure from much of the current juvenile fiction because it features real-life action, drama, and suspense without the violence, killing, and sorcery driven plots so prevalent in so many books and movies today. As Mr. LaCroix patiently introduces Nobby characters, troggs, and doogles and begins to spin the complex tale of their lives leading to the birth and development of the Kingdom of Thistledom, we discover the deep meaning hidden in an innocent phrase inscribed on an old pendant: “A Seed’s Power Lies In Its Promise.”