The Adventures of
Tommy Rivera has a squirt gun that makes people tell the truth. Illustrated chapter books for readers 7 to 10.
The Books
The squirt gun can make somebody say a thing. It can't make somebody tell you a thing. Saying is a fact. Telling is a gift, and it has to be handed over.
Book One · Out now
and the Secret Society
Somebody at Maplewood Elementary is picking kids for a secret society. Every card says the same three words: YOU ARE CHOSEN.
Book Two · Out now
and the Missing Treasure
Mr. Jenkins says there's treasure buried under Maple Park. Every grown-up in earshot laughs. Tommy doesn't.
Book Three · Out now
and the Haunted House
The last house on Oak Street has been empty for a year and a half, and everybody has an opinion about it. Then something grey moves across the upstairs window.
Book Four · Out now
and the Missing Turkeys
Forty turkeys went missing from Halvorsen's farm on Wednesday night. Everybody says coyotes got them. Then Ben walks the fence line.
Book Five · Out now
and the Snow Day
School's closed, the snow is up to the mailboxes, and all the kids are sledding on the courthouse hill. Katie says she walked Rosie home. But Katie never left the hill.
Book Six · Out now
and the Christmas Tree Mystery
Every night, something happens to the town's Christmas tree. And nobody sees a thing.
Book Seven · Out now
and the New Year's Surprise
Uncle Ray always calls on Christmas. This year, two strangers came looking for him instead.
More on the way
Seven books in. More than twenty to go.
The Adventures of Super Squirt is a series of more than twenty books. Join the Super Squirt Club and you'll hear about every new adventure first, starting with the first two chapters of Book One.
Hear Carmen Read Them
Every page is on screen while I read it out loud, so your kid can follow along word by word.
Read the First Two Chapters
Seven mysteries. Pick the one that hooks your reader, leave your email, and the first two chapters open right away, illustrations and all.
Where Came From
I made up Super Squirt when I was eight years old, because I was tired of being picked on and tired of eating lunch by myself. He was the friend I wanted and the kid I wanted to be.
I lost those stories for forty years. Here they are.
Be kind. Be brave. Include others.
For Teachers and Librarians
Every Super Squirt mystery ends with your SEL lesson already written: five questions to talk about, the lesson in the book's own words, and one thing your class can go do this week.
Each of the seven books has a one-page teacher guide, ready to print.
Buying For A School Or District?
The series is built to sell: to elementary schools, to parents, and to the kids who read them. Tell me the grade levels and how many classrooms, and I'll come back to you.