Tex Ragsdale: 2 books

Mitch Marchand, 12 years old, lives with his dad in Hermosa Beach, south of Los Angeles. His dad, called “Mouse,” is an 80s-era rocker, whose band enjoyed just one mega-hit. Although Mouse is a little older than the usual father with a son in middle school, he and Mitch have a great relationship....

Countdown in Spidertown continues the story of 13-year-old Mitch Marchand, who discovers that the tiny, alien mechanical spiders he thought he had destroyed the previous year have rebuilt themselves. They have re-started their mission to build a machine that will enable beings from a distant star to...