Jason R. Lady
JasonRLady.com
2026
Jason R. Lady grew up as an Army brat, moving a total of 7 times and living in
places like Germany and Fort Knox, Kentucky. To make new friends in each
new school he found himself in, Jason made himself and his classmates into
characters in his own comic books and novels. This helped kids from all over
the country bond and have fun. Jason’s fantasy adventure books for young
readers have been accepted to the Ohioana Book Festival, the Columbus Book
Festival, and the Kentucky Book Festival. His second novel Super Problems was
a Maxy Award finalist and is IndieReader approved. When he is not writing,
Jason works in Talent Development and is trying to visit all the MLB stadiums (17/30 so far!).
He lives with his wife in Beachwood, Ohio. The Pure Shore Club is his latest and
fourth novel. Learn more about him and his books at www.jasonrlady.com.
The Pure Shore Club
A trio of eighth graders are invited to a mysterious school club only to have the faculty sponsor angrily insist it will never be an active club again.
Intrigued, Abby, Brett, and Maxine begin investigating and quickly find themselves pulled into an adventure and a mystery unlike anything they could have imagined.
Hidden clubhouses, a sentient computer program, and a man who vanishes from sight are just the beginning.
In over their heads, struggling to work together and master powers they never asked for, they become the world's only hope against a resurging evil threatening to plunge the Earth into never- ending cold and darkness.
Monster Problems
Sixth-grader Brad makes the mistake of drawing instead of paying attention in class. When Brad’s parents ground him from drawing, his bratty little brother Daley rubs it in.
Later that night, Brad is surprised when a mysterious crow delivers a pen to his bedroom window. Missing his beloved drawing and frustrated with his brother, Brad uses the pen to draw a Daley-Destroyer, a giant slimy green creature that he envisions “getting” Daley.
To Brad’s surprise, the pen is a magic pen, and the Daley-Destroyer comes to life, just as he imagined it, slime and all, and starts going after Daley! To makes things worse, only he and Daley can see it! Can Brad erase his monster problem before it’s too late?
Super Problems
Before Monster Problems, there is Super Problems, the story of how Blue Hood first learned of the magic pen.
Scott draws the comic book adventures of himself, Blue Hood, and their friends as the Alpaca Defense Squad fighting their archenemy the evil Stinky Sock. No one knows Scott's using a magic pen and everything he draws becomes real. The middle schoolers and an alpaca named Bruce are thrown into a real-life superhero adventure! At first, they think it's great. They're living their superhero fantasy! What more could superhero fans want? But saving the day is not as easy as it looks!
The Stinky Sock is a clever nemesis, and Bruce the alpaca is obnoxious and demanding. The Alpaca Defense Squad must unite as a team, master their powers, put up with Bruce, and solve their super problem... before the Stinky Sock rules the world!