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New Children’s Book Sends a Boy and His Robot Cat Into a Broken-Down Clockwork World
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Travis Anderson has published his debut book, "Rodger Ridiculous and the Clockwork Island," a children’s adventure built around a boy who believes instinct and creativity can get him through anything.
The story begins with an ordinary malfunction: Rodger’s RC car breaks down, and a strange ticking sound pulls him into the Clockwork Island, a world of gears, brass fittings and machinery that is slowly sinking and badly in need of repair. According to the announcement, the island becomes both a puzzle for Rodger to solve and, in effect, a classroom.
He doesn’t do it alone. Rodger is paired with a robot cat described as exacting and insistent on maps, order and instruction, a foil to the boy’s instinct to wing it. The publisher’s description frames the book around that friction: a boy who leads with spontaneity, a companion who leads with planning, and a story that argues the two aren’t really in conflict. "Being bold and being responsible aren’t opposing forces," Anderson said in the announcement, "they’re partners in any truly memorable adventure."
Anderson lives in central Pennsylvania with his wife and three children. The announcement describes him as a longtime writer of stories and poetry for his family, with this book marking his first published work. The book is published through Christian Faith Publishing and is listed for sale at bookstores and through Apple Books, Amazon, Google Play and Barnes & Noble.
Children’s books that pair a free-spirited protagonist with a more rule-bound sidekick are a familiar shape in the genre, but the clockwork setting gives this one a distinct visual hook. Studio CarryOnHarry will be curious whether Anderson builds out Rodger’s world in future volumes, or whether this is a standalone story.
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Robin Jorgensen has published "HOPE," a memoir drawn from twelve years she spent living a nomadic life after first moving out on her own. The book, published through Christian Faith Publishing, is available now in bookstores and through major online retailers including Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play, and Barnes and Noble.
According to the announcement, Jorgensen’s twelve years on the road were marked by wrong turns and unexpected detours, the kind of extended uncertainty that might have worn down someone’s resolve. She writes instead about holding onto hope through that stretch of her life, and about a faith she describes as unshaken even though she grew up without formal church structure. The publisher’s description frames her belief in a higher power as a constant across those years, something that steadied her when her circumstances did not.
The book centers on what Jorgensen describes as a turning point in her thinking: the recognition that she already had what she needed within herself to get through the uncertainty, rather than needing to find it from other people or outside validation. "This book emerged from my lived experiences during those twelve transformative years," Jorgensen said in the announcement. "I wanted to share how hope sustained me when circumstances seemed impossible, and how recognizing my own worth became the key to my liberation."
The publisher describes "HOPE" as a candid account of faith tested over a long period rather than in a single crisis, and positions Jorgensen’s story as an argument that spiritual growth tends to come out of difficulty rather than comfort.
Memoirs built around the word "hope" are a crowded shelf, and Studio CarryOnHarry will be curious whether Jorgensen’s account distinguishes itself through the specifics of those twelve years on the road, since that level of lived detail is often what separates a memoir that stays with a reader from one that doesn’t.
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David E. Pullmann has published "Zechariah meets Thomas Jefferson," a short novel built on a simple premise: a young man named Zechariah finds Thomas Jefferson wandering his neighborhood, invites him home, and ends up walking the third president through two centuries of change. The book, published through Christian Faith Publishing, runs 20 pages and became available in paperback on September 17, 2026.
As narrator, Zechariah introduces Jefferson to the digital revolution, advances in medicine, social progress, and the evolution of the democratic ideals Jefferson himself championed. According to the publisher, the book uses that setup to ask how a founder might judge whether the country lived up to what he envisioned, and what from his era still holds up.
Pullmann spent more than three decades at the Library of Congress, starting as a music cataloger before moving into systems analysis, where he wrote software for cataloging operations. He holds a graduate degree in musicology and a library science degree from Catholic University, and worked separately as a flight instructor in the Washington, D.C. area. The publisher’s announcement frames that career-long focus on how information gets organized and passed down as the throughline behind the book’s premise.
"I wanted to create a space where readers could reimagine history through fresh dialogue," Pullmann said in the announcement. "By placing Jefferson in our world, we can examine both how far we’ve come and what we might have lost in the process."
The book is described as blending humor with more serious reflection as Jefferson reacts to a world he couldn’t have anticipated. It’s available through major retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and the Apple iTunes Store, as well as through Christian Faith Publishing directly.
Studio CarryOnHarry finds the premise an efficient device for a civics conversation dressed up as fiction — the kind of book likely to find its audience among readers already inclined to think about founders and legacy, rather than one aiming for a wide crossover readership.
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