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...


A children's book for adults -- the first of five!

With 23 illustrations by Mindy Alper
Full information at http://NormAndBurny.com