Book For Children & Teens
Stories of magical realism for children and teens
Ages 3-7
The Unlucky Adventures of Sammi Squirrel
Picture books for 3-7 year-olds.
Meet Sammi the squirrel who is unlucky in whatever he does but his family still love him.
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The Unlucky Adventures of Sammi Squirrel
The Pond (Book 1 of 2)
After a game of chase with his brother, Bobby, Sammi is thirsty and goes in search of a drink. He finds a pond in the same garden but gets more water than expected. A shout makes him jump and SPLASH! He goes home, wet and dirty, to face his mother's anger and his family's laughter. He is hurt until his mother tells him that he wouldn't be who he is if he didn't get into mischief, and she loves him no matter what.
Ages 7-9
The Rainbow School
Meet Billy and his friends who find confidence at school via a magical world which helps them make friends and be good at lessons. The books are not just for children with Asperger’s Syndrome, they are also for their friends and family.
The series covers friendship, school and the difficulties a child with Asperger’s faces, with a positive approach, which helps readers to understand the disorder.
Learn About Autism, writing as an indie aspie author and more about the role it has in my books here.
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The Rainbow School
Billy and the Sparkling Socks (Book 1 of 6)
Ten-year-old Billy Bottomsby is fed up with his older brother, Casper, always bragging about his cleverness at school, and being thought weird because he doesn't talk. He can't help it as he has Asperger's Syndrome. Then he bets Casper he can be good at a lesson or better than him by the end of the week. Billy hears his mum talk to his socks, then when he tells himself at school he's going to be good at a lesson, his socks tickle him and take him to a mysterious world. Billy sees himself as a TV presenter, teaching him how to be a confident, communicative and funny storyteller. Then he saves his neighbour’s cat from being run over and thinks it’s because he’s wearing strange socks. Only one of them has just fallen down. Billy comes to realise that he can be good at things if he really puts his mind to it.
The Pet Rescuers
The Pet Rescuers series covers friendship, family and the difficulties a child with autism faces in the outside world, with a positive approach that helps readers understand.
The Pet Rescuers
Lyn and the Parrot Pursuit (Book 1 of 2)
Lyn loves her pet parrot, Jasper, because with her autism, he is much easier to talk to than her family and classmates. But when Jasper goes missing, her classmates, Pete and Sam, and her older sister, Brenda, are there to help. Will they find Jasper?
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Ages 9-12
The Mermaid Trilogy
Delta, Krysta and Aliona are teen mermaids who all love beauty. They accept birthday challenges that take them on a journey to find what they are really like and want in life. For girls who like mermaids and want to know what they can do in life. The Mermaid Trilogy is for children aged 9 and upwards.
The Mermaid Trilogy
The Quest (Book 1 of 3)
It’s Delta’s sixteenth birthday. She gets a coming-of-age present, but it comes with a condition- she has to find her soul mate and prove she’s worthy of him in a week, or she will lose her adult tail and it will stay pale. Delta meets various mermen from Mr Slob to Mr Useless, and sees their faults are hers. Then she meets Jonty, and realises she wants to be a better mermaid.
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Teens
The Guardian Angels
Lizzie and Danny have died and gone to an angel training school. They are given the chance to prevent other teenagers risking their lives and ending up the same way they did.
For teenagers who need hope that they can do things in life.
The Guardian Angels
The Railway Angel (Book 1 of 5)
After a game of dare at a train station goes tragically wrong, fifteen year-old Lizzie Hammond becomes a lost angel, until she is tested and sent back to Earth to stop a teenager from risking their life on railway tracks, with persuasion and newly discovered magical powers. Passing her test, Lizzie now becomes a ‘Guardian Angel.”
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