Richard W Perkins 
The Salamander King, Book Five; ’As Absurd As That Sounds…’ 

Here we are, six months of illustrative work is now complete!  Professionally edited by Melanie Lopata, The Salamander King, Book Five: ’As Absurd As That Sounds…’, was published in December of 2022 on Amazon.com.

         The book has 122 pages, 24 illustrations and follows the two twelve year olds, Wayne and Becky, as they get involved in wild animal rescue, learn about salamander physiology, discover that bullies can change for the better and lots more. And then… Wayne goes to do a good deed for a visiting vacationer and gets abducted!  Becky is with him and is she going to get abducted too? Does anyone hear her screams for Help!  Their small town suddenly gets a huge wake-up call and a big school assembly follows.

         Fred and Edie need to get back to their home at Lake Tear of the Clouds now that Newton has finally found his life-mate Janine. Wayne would love it if Marty-Bull could once again see his parents and siblings who all live there but, there is no way the beavers can hike in seven miles over rough, steep terrain. Just maybe, Grandpa Lynn has a solution.