New Releases by Patrick Skene Catling

John Midas, hero of THE CHOCOLATE TOUCH, wins a video horror competition, and his prize is a family holiday in Gothic World, a lavish theme park in Transylvania. But no experience is too much for John - or is it?

While visiting the site of sacred cave paintings in the middle of the Australian outback, John Midas slips back thousands of years and finds himself among a prehistoric aboriginal tribe.

John midas loves chocolate. He loves it so much that he'll eat it any hour of any day. He doesn't care if he ruins his appetite. He thinks chocolate is better than any other food But one day, after wandering into a candy store and buying a piece of their best chocolate, John finds out that there might just be such a thing as too much chocolate. . . .

The travels of two young men--the white son of a wealthy cotton broker and his Black friend, Moses--from New Orleans, to Chicago, and finally to New York parallels the growth and spread of jazz