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Samuel Ash and the Grasshoppers of Doom

by Mary Mofit Small Publisher: INDEPENDENT CAT

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A garden mystery grows into a larger adventure

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    2025 Kindle Book Review Best of Indie Award Winner

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A garden mystery grows into a larger adventure

When fire-breathing grasshoppers appear, thirteen-year-old Samuel Ash begins investigating with his nature-loving grandfather and Rose, a possible new friend. The mystery widens as other creatures transform, bringing questions of hidden magic and an increasingly dangerous chain of strange events. Framed as contemporary fantasy and mystery, the story combines creature-focused adventure with an environmental theme. Its premise brings the natural world into the center of the mystery, while Sam’s investigation gives the book its action-and-adventure shape.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Ages 9–12 who enjoy contemporary fantasy mysteries.
  • Young readers interested in unusual creatures, magic, and investigations.
  • Readers who enjoy adventure stories with an environmental theme.

Themes

Nature and the environmentMystery and investigationMagic and transformationFriendship

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Book overview

"This was such a fun book..." The Faerie Review: Kid's Korner

 

When grasshoppers in the garden start breathing fire, thirteen-year-old Samuel Ash knows he's found the adventure he's always wanted. Is it a prank? A poltergeist? Or could he have unlocked an ancient hidden magic?

 

With his nature-loving grandfather and Rose, a potential friend, Sam investigates. But it's no longer only insects that are transforming . New beasts are popping up, and they're larger. Spookier. More dangerous. Can the trio unravel the riddle of the unnatural nature before Project Solve-This-Mystery turns into Project Run-For-Our-Lives?

 

This award-winning contemporary fantasy mystery is perfect for the 9- to 12-year-olds in your life. Filled with magic, mystery, and adventure, it also has an environmental theme subtly woven into it. (Written by a former middle-school science teacher.)

 

2025 Kindle Book Review's Best of Indie award-winner!

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