Billy Chan would rather spend the summer holidays surfing with his friends in California but his parents are keen he improves his Mandarin and learns more about his Chinese heritage (his father is from Hong Kong), so they pack him off to Camp Dragon in mainland China. There he meets 11 other kids from all […]
Tag: Fantasy
Book Giveaway – win these six middle grade fantasy books
To celebrate the launch of my own middle grade fantasy, The Lucky Diamond, I am doing a give away of six fabulous middle grade fantasy paperback books. I’ve selected five books I hugely enjoyed this year, so I can personally recommend them. The sixth book is on my TBR and I am really looking forward […]
Book Review – Kiki Kallira Breaks A Kingdom
Kiki Kallira has an anxiety problem. Even out with her friends, she worries over whether she locked the front door of her home, and imagines a stream of catastrophes from a burglar to a goose breaking in and attacking her mother. Knowing her fears are irrational doesn’t help Kiki, although she gets some solace when […]
Book Review: The Raven Heir
Twelve-year-old Cordelia, Rosalind and Giles are triplets, who together with their older half-brother Connall and mother live in a castle deep in the woods, along with their servant and friend Alys. The castle is protected by magical enchantments cast by their mother, who is determined to keep them safe. For in this world, the Raven […]
The Lucky Diamond book launch
My Middle Grade Children’s fantasy The Lucky Diamond is now officially available, in paperback, ebook and on Kindle Unlimited. It’s taken several rewrites, a wonderful beta reader, what felt like endless editing, and I am so grateful to family, friends, my editor, cover designer, my writer group friends, and my virtual friends in the Writing […]
Book Review: Amari and the Night Brothers
It’s six months after Amari’s brother Quinton disappears, and Amari seems to be the only one that hasn’t given up on him. When a mysterious courier delivers a cryptic message and a magical Wakeful Dream from a presumed dead Quinton inviting her to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, Amari doesn’t hesitate to sign up […]
The Lucky Diamond & Magic
In my earlier posts I introduced Yvonne, Susan, Vicky, Alan and Cathy, the five orphan heroes of The Lucky Diamond (click on their names if you missed it). Today I want to talk about their magical gifts (pictured above). As their mother was dying, she passed on a special treasure or ‘gift’ to each of […]
Book Review: Enchanted Misadventures with Great-Aunt Poppy
Christmas holidays are about to be ruined for the three Alexander children when BOTH their parents have to work in to run up to Christmas Day and the kids are dumped in the country with Great-Aunt Poppy. 11 year old Ava, eldest of the siblings, is the only one of the three who has met […]
New Release: Enchanted Misadventures with Great-Aunt Poppy
Enchanted Misadventures with Great-Aunt Poppy by Hallie Christensen A typical December for the Alexanders consists of gingerbread baking, movies, and looking at Christmas lights, but after their parents are called in to work, Ava, Nolan, and Charlotte are sent to stay with their most feared relative for a week-Great-Aunt Poppy. Have mom and dad gone […]
Double Trouble with Twins Cathy & Alan
Ten year old twins Alan and Cathy are the youngest of the five orphaned siblings in The Lucky Diamond. Almost always together, they are fiercely loyal to each other and intensely independent. The twins do their own thing – but for some reason their antics never earn a rebuke from eldest sister Yvonne. Unlike Vicky, […]
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