Mix in a treasured photo of a baby girl dressed in a fairy costume, tiny wings on her shoulders. Add a bunch of fairy lore books, a fairy snow globe and other figurines, and make sure to include the ceramic fairy king with the bemused smile sitting on the bookshelf. Blend well and let let simmer for a few months. Then as the holidays approach, with a Eureka! moment, pour all the ingredients onto the page. The dish? Morgan Carey and The Mystery of the Christmas Fairies, a story of a magical woods and family bonding.
This gentle fantasy “novelette” for middle grade readers is set right here in the foothills. Here's more:
In Book 2 of the Morgan Carey series, Seattle fifth-grader Morgan makes a holiday visit to her grandparents’ house in the foothills of the Cascade mountains. While Morgan thinks her grandma and grandpa are great and everything, they live way out in the boonies, with no cable TV or even cell phones! Then on Christmas Eve, she’s stuck looking after the three young step-cousins she hardly knows.
Babysitting the unruly little kids during a jaunt in the
woods, Morgan and her cousins are lured into an entrancing, mysterious forest,
where they encounter unexpected adventures…and even dangers. Morgan must draw
upon all her strength and ingenuity if they are to escape this magical world, and find their way back home for Christmas.
I hope you're having a wonderful holiday, and I wish you the best for the New Year!
Susan
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