Richard Cardenas

Bravery lives inside all of us... Mateo Morales hasn't cried since that night, the night he woke up to screaming, the night the police were at the front door, the night his older sister was killed by a police officer... the night his world shattered. Two weeks later, thirteen-year-old Mateo still doesn't understand why this had to happen, why he hasn't cried, and who he should blame for the loss of his beloved sister. Inspired by the countless people of color lost to police brutality & injustice every day, Brave Like Lily takes the reader through the trials of grief, loss, and injustice through the eyes of a young Mexican-American boy.

Simon Santiago returns in the second book in the Ghost Talker Files It's been a year since Simon Santiago almost lost his sanity and soul in The Library of Souls. When Simon and his uncle are called to a town that's been tormented by the spirit of a clown named Grimshaw, Simon isn't sure he'll be able to handle the case. But when another paranormal investigation crew shows up in the town, it sets off a dreadful chain of events that might lead Simon and his new friends down the tunnel to insanity. Will Simon be lucky enough to succeed once more? Or will the evil spirit of a long dead clown make sure that never happens again? Find out in The Carnival of Doom, filled once again with spooky photos and plenty of scares

Be careful what you check out... Ever since he could remember Simon Santiago could see and talk to the dead. When his parents are killed in a train accident, he is sent to live with his estranged con man of an uncle. Soon Simon is put on as his uncle's assistant in a Ghost Expelling agency and carries out the hard work for his uncle: getting rid of the ghosts. Now thirteen with his ability at full maximum Simon is ready to take on bigger tasks with his uncle's booming agency getting more and more calls day by day. When a phone call comes in from a desperate librarian at an infamously haunted library, Simon is all too eager to get to work. But when they arrive at the sprawling mansion of a library, Simon quickly discovers that there's something else haunting the library and its thirst for Simon's soul is dangerously clear from the moment he steps foot into the building. With the help of one of the young library volunteers and a mute spirit of the library, Simon is determined to find out what is really going on before his soul as well as his uncle's are added to the ever-growing system of The Library of Souls. Will Simon and his new friend make it out alive? Find out in the brand new Middle-Grade Horror novel from YouTube personality Richard Denney, featuring an array of spooky photographs that will chill you to the bone... if you're not already dead.