THE MAD DASH SERIES

Book cover titled "The Mad Dash" with a bicycle wheel and a blue gradient background, author Tom Kiernan.
Book cover titled "The MAD Dash" by Tom Kiernan, featuring a yellow background, stylized text, and a target with the words "DUNKYARD DOGG" in red neon-like letters.
A book cover titled "The Dash" by Tom Kiernan, featuring a green background with a black and white border at the top and bottom. The cover shows an hourglass with running water and a pair of running shoes at the bottom. Inside the hourglass, the words "Enjoy the Ride" are written in red.
Black and white abstract digital art with textured, geometric patterns.

Bite My Dust

Junkyard Dogg

Enjoy The Ride

Come along with Lumpy and Bones as they navigate a high-stakes, laugh-out-loud adventure through time to find a life-saving cure. From the halls of middle school to the junkyards of the 70’s, the boys must outmaneuver mysterious enemies and confront their deepest fears.

This series is built on the "Live like Bones" philosophy, encouraging students to find strength in optimism and friendship when facing life’s greatest obstacles.

Book cover for "The Mad Dash" by Tom Kiernan, featuring a large bicycle wheel with the title "Bite My Dust" written along the tire and the subtitle "The Mad Dash" above in graffiti-style lettering on a blue background.
A digital artwork or graphic with abstract vertical lines and shapes in shades of black, white, and gray.

BITE MY DUST

Imagine that you have less than a year to live and your only chance for survival is the app on a phone...for time travel. Best friends, Lumpy and Bones, begin their journey and the adventure of a lifetime in the search for a cure.

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Book cover for "The Mad Dash" by Tom Kiernan, featuring a yellow background, stylized red and black title, a metallic dartboard with neon red text "Junkyard Dogg" on it, and black and white striped borders.
Abstract black, white, and gray pattern with jagged and streaked shapes.

JUNKYARD DOGG

The race against time and search for a cure to cancer takes a twisted turn when the app for time travel gets accidentally booted by a size fourteen Chucky T’s! Join Lumpy and Bones in a time and place they never imagined. The Mad Dash continues!

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Book cover titled 'The Dash' by Tom Kiernan. The cover features a graphic of an hourglass with water and running shoes inside, with the phrase 'Enjoy the Ride' in the middle.
A black and white panoramic photograph of a cityscape with numerous tall buildings under a cloudy sky.

ENJOY THE RIDE

The Suits are gone, replaced by machines that never sleep. Bones is flickering, and the future is fading fast. Lumpy has one final chance to save his best friend.

The Mad Dash reaches the finish line with one question left...

Will they finish together?

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