Ideas define us: our past, our present, and most importantly, our future.
--Last line of The Idea Miners: The Lost Lake Dig
Mystery solved: The origin of all ideas!
A children's middle grade fantasy book trilogy!
The Idea Miners is a children's middle grade fantasy trilogy designed to excite and inspire readers of all ages. The fantasy action books in this trilogy are brimming with danger and magic—seers, dwarfs, elves, bloodthirsty trolls, crazed giants—while interwoven historical facts remind the reader of the great gifts of knowledge to the world by the likes of Sir Isaac Newton, Wilber and Orville Wright, Charles Babbage, and others.
The Idea Miners: The Lost Lake Dig
A sad boy. Without a single friend. His future bleak.
Joey’s world has shattered. Ben, his only friend, has moved away with his family. Sad and depressed, Joey’s startled by the sudden appearance of an odd man who challenges him to look at the world differently and see hidden wonders right in front of him.
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He follows the man through a portal to a parallel world and is elated to find his friend Ben there but stunned to discover that they’re at the source of all ideas. To spend time together, they must join an expedition with two feisty dwarfs led by a mysterious girl seer in search of a monumental idea, but Joey fears for their lives since this world contains bloodthirsty trolls and crazed giants.
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Will Joey and his friend join the expedition and survive? If the expedition fails, Joey’s world will face an uncertain future.
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The Lost Lake Dig is the groundbreaking first book in The Idea Miners youth-based fantasy trilogy. While the story is full of excitement and danger, it’s also a message of hope and encouragement for the future. On the surface it’s a fantasy adventure, but underneath flows a stream of world-altering ideas, highlighting the gift of the human intellect.
If you like hidden worlds with bizarre creatures, bonds of friendship, and danger, then you’ll love P. W. Cross’s fantasy adventure.
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Read The Idea Miners—The Lost Lake Dig today, to mine for new ideas, excitement, and inspiration!
Flying donkeys, and floating dwarves.
It is a good start to the trilogy.
If you're up for an adventure, this book is guaranteed to thrill you. It's nothing like anything you've ever read before. This is a great, entertaining book for readers of all ages.
—Cody, Goodreads review
—Erin Doran, Allbooks Reviews
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The Idea Miners: The Lost Lake Dig
Author: P. W. Cross
Juvenile Fiction/Fantasy
288 pages, softcover
ISBN: 978-0-9662800-8-1
Publisher: Appalachian House
Far more than a fine children's book, this story invites further tales that magnify the thoughts suggested in this book. There is enough charm, adventure, and excitement in Cross's excellent writing to suggest this might just be another series worthy of a film + sequels!
—Grady Harp, Amazon Top 10 reviewer
The Idea Miners: The Twisted Tree Dig
A lonely boy with a secret life in a parallel world and a panicked cry for help!
​The strange man that ferries Joey, the lonely boy, into the parallel world (the source of all ideas) whisks him away to a crisis meeting with a mysterious seer, a tenacious dwarf, and his long-lost best buddy.
A sweet dwarf friend of theirs has been captured by a crazed giant deep in the Digs, a mountainous region controlled by a horde of bloodthirsty trolls.
Their friend’s life is in the giant’s hands—as is knowledge that will prevent the misery and death for future children in Joey’s world!
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The dangers of rescue are great and will place all their lives in peril.
Will Joey venture into the Digs yet again, after having barely survived a previous trip?
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If you like hidden worlds with bizarre creatures, deep bonds of friendship, and danger, then you’ll love P. W. Cross’s fantasy adventure.
Newly released April 2025!
In celebration of the release, the Kindle version is on sale for only $1.99. (Limited time offer)
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Cover illustration by Tom McGrath
As a librarian, I am always on the look out for exceptional middle grade books. The Idea Miners fits the bill.
—Debb, Amazon review
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The Idea Miners: The Twisted Tree Dig
Author: P. W. Cross
Juvenile Fiction/Fantasy
280 pages, softcover
ISBN: 978-0-9662800-6-7
Publisher: Appalachian House
The Idea Miners: The Twisted Tree Dig is very enchanting. I think it is the type of adventure that many young boys dream about. . . . A great story! An absolute definite must read!
—Raeleane, Goodreads review
The Idea Miners: The Twisted Tree Dig is a good children's book, it kept my kids entertained, the boys and girls liked it. Highly recommend!
—ilgarcon, LibraryThing review
The Idea Miners: The One
Joey returns to the Digs to attend a dwarf wedding of his friends Yestern and Eline, but is trapped when a troll uprising collapses the world order.
The final book in The Idea Miners trilogy.
In development!
Added type to come
