by Jay Hosler (Author), Peggy J. Harrison (Author), Mindy Alper (Illustrator)
What would you do?
You buy a used tablet. It has an app with no name. Its icon is a plain black square. You have no idea what it does.
Do you dare run it?
If you're a boy of 12, of course you do.
Norm does. Then his life goes crazy. He visits times and places he never imagined, with excitement and danger everywhere. He meets angry Bedouins, revenge-minded ship captains, knife-throwing Gypsies, and gun-totin' cowboys. Plus a beautiful Gypsy girl -- Adara, a charming pickpocket from long-ago England.
Norm is lucky to have Burny, his dog, companion, and guardian. Also his conscience and voice of reason.
But the mysterious app has a dark side...
With 23 illustrations by Mindy Alper
Full information at http: //NormAndBurny.com