“If you want a great book full of humor and adventure for reluctant boy (or girl) readers, you’ve just found it.”
– YA Books Central
Shane Berryhill is the author of THE ADVENTURES OF CHANCE FORTUNE series. The first volume, CHANCE FORTUNE AND THE OUTLAWS, is an official selection of Renaissance Learning's ACCELERATED READER PROGRAM, the New York Public Library’s BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE, and the Texas LONE STAR READING LIST. Please keep checking this website for updated news, games, activities and more!
"Shane Berryhill surpasses his power-packed first book, delivering more cool thrills, clever twists and great characters in a world of wildly imaginative dangers. There is plenty here for fans of the caped and cowled, and any who enjoy a smart action-suspense tale brimming with sci-fi/ fantasy elements and a dash of humor."
Journey into a futuristic world
where superheroes, aliens and robots
mingle freely, and intergalactic travel
has become a regular occurrence with
The Adventures of Chance Fortune:
Chance Fortune and The Outlaws.
“Readers weary of Potter-esque fantasy but hungry for another semihumorous/semiserious school setting, and lovers of superhero stories in general, will delight in this first volume in the Adventures of Chance Fortune series, ideally structured for many further adventures at Burlington.”
-Publishers Weekly
“Berryhill blends elements of space opera, comic book adventure, classic horror literature, and the “Harry Potter” formula into a lively and engrossing tale that neither takes itself too seriously nor underestimates its readers...A cliffhanger ending will have readers demanding more. Here’s hoping Berryhill has several series entries ready to go.”
–Voice of Youth Advocates
“Shane Berryhill’s wondrous Saturday matinee of a book, The Adventures of Chance Fortune, zooms and crackles and pops from page one! If George Lucas wrote young adult novels on an overdose of caffeine and comics, it might approach something like Chance Fortune. This literary frappuccino of Edgar Rice Burroughs, pre-war funnies, retro-future, and Pixar movies is a perfect tonic for teens . . . I am an instant fan of this series, and can’t wait to board the next rocket-fueled Chapter of Chance and Company. Highest recommendation!”
--Jay Bonansinga, author of
Frozen, The Sinking of the Eastland,
and The Killer’s Game
Before he was the hero Chance Fortune, he was Josh Blevins, a normal boy from Tennessee. This original story takes place between chapters two and three of my novel, Chance Fortune and The Outlaws. Josh exists on an earth filled with sentient robots, intergalactic aliens, and super-powered heroes.
*Not appropriate for very young audiences
I once did a brief stint as an adult newspaper carrier. The last house on my route was a dark, decrepit piece of work, and had earned the nickname spooky house among my coworkers. Being the imaginative guy that I am, I began to wonder: What if there actually was something evil and netherworldly residing there?
Shane Berryhill's wondrous Saturday matinee of a book, zooms and crackles and pops from page one! If George Lucas wrote young adult novels on an overdose of caffeine and comics, it might approach something like CHANCE FORTUNE. I am an instant fan of this series, and can't wait to board the next rocket-fueled Chapter of Chance and Company. Highest recommendation!"
Jay Bonansinga
