Benjamin Lewis

Through the adventure of childhood, two young boys become forever linked. In the small, tight-knit community of Graham, Texas, youngsters Ben and Stephen battle it out in a playground bare-knuckle brawl. When the dust settles and the blood is dried, they find themselves inseparable, too young to fully understand that the precious time they spend with one another is time they escape the heartache of their homes. Written for the screen, Blue Boy is the true story of two boys in small town Texas, experiencing life as they see it, coping with the problems of their parents, and through it all, staying true to one another as they find their place in the world.

Chance determines where you are born, but to find where you truly belong, you must seek the world. Following a friend to Mexico, Jim Doherty unknowingly begins a decade-long journey. His chance adventure will take him across the great expanses of the world's oceans and continents. Through his global circumnavigation, Jim finds friends, family, and love; he experiences adventure and triumph, meets both the evil and virtuous, and as he wanders his planet, through one nation and culture to the next, he crawls ever closer to self-discovery, and begins to understand where in the world he truly belongs. In Social Studies: A Novel, author Benjamin Lewis tells the story of a man seeking a home, a woman yearning to be with the man she loves, and a psychopath who is willing to travel to the farthest corners of the earth to get his revenge." Social Studies is a travel guide and so much more. It circumnavigates a world of experience, self-awareness, love and coming home. It is an impressive first novel portraying the coming of age of its protagonist through seemingly insurmountable obstacles while taking the reader to some of the most beautiful places in the world. Social Studies is not to be missed." -Brenda Bowman, Former Executive Director; Literacy Council of Fort Bend County, TX

Today, over seven billion people walk the planet, and it's up to a twelve-year-old boy to save them all. Jimmy has just ended a horrific year in the sixth grade. An often bullied introvert coming to terms with the accidental death of his father, Jimmy escapes by burying himself and his emotions in his mother's textbooks. But when a mystical atlas enters his life, his world, and the future of everything he knows, changes forever. Taken into custody by time traveling warriors, Jimmy is charged with a monumental quest; he must save human culture at all costs. Through time and space, Jimmy and Stewards of Earth battle the evil Silencers who seek to destroy humanity. But does Jimmy have what it takes to save the world while preventing his father's death? A BOY AND HIS WORLD: THE CRUCIAL MISSIONS OF THE TIME GLIDER is the story of a broken family becoming whole, a seasoned warrior realizing his fate, and a boy becoming the man he was meant to be, all with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.