Jeff Roman and the Copper Spade Paperback – January 3, 2026

It's mid-90s America in the city of Crookenburgh and fifteen-year-old Jeff Roman, the boy with seven sisters, an Italian Catholic mom, and a Jewish father who writes fantasy novels about pirates, is about to have his unorthodox life turned inside out by a blue light that falls from the heavens.Jeff’s life becomes even more curious when a quirky banjo-playing girl joins his garage band, a peculiar teen named Pandora walks into his life, and his high school nemesis surreptitiously gets duct taped to the school flagpole. Furthermore, a veiled terrorist releases her superhuman minions on the city and the governor doesn’t seem to be taking the danger very seriously. In the end it is up to Jeff and his band mates to save the city of Crookenburgh with a seemingly simple copper spade. Read more