The Jinx on Jasper Street

Kids’ Stories Book

By: Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi

Narrated by: Eric Brown

Something is very wrong on Jasper Street.

It started at exactly 10: 14 AM on a Tuesday, when the world went bone-silent. Then, the rules of reality began to unravel. Gravity went on strike, sending flowerpots and mailboxes drifting into the clouds. The neighborhood cat turned a brilliant neon blue, and the sidewalk developed a sudden, hungry habit of swallowing skateboards whole.

While the adults of Jasper Street are busy panicking, Nicole and her best friend Maya are looking for answers. Nicole, armed with her "Junk Drawer Special" kit and a mind for mechanics, notices a strange, rhythmic ticking coming from deep beneath the asphalt like the heartbeat of a giant, broken clock.

As thirteen jagged cracks begin to race toward the mysterious, boarded-up house at Number 49, Nicole realizes they aren't just facing bad luck. They are caught in a mechanical meltdown that threatens to erase their street forever.

To stop the Jinx, Nicole must descend into a world of spinning gears, "Time-Ghosts," and hidden magic. But in a place where light acts like dark and shadows point toward the sun, Nicole will have to learn that fixing the world requires more than just a magnet and a wrench, it requires a thimbleful of courage and a whole lot of "counter-luck."

If the clock strikes thirteen, Jasper Street is history.

©2026 Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi (P)2026 Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi