Lost in the woods.
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This is my very first Middle Grade novel, "The world of all things lost." subtitled An Ellham woods adventure. It's a story about two young girls, Ariana and Chevelle, who go into Ellham Woods to pick wild flowers but find that they are in a different world where all thing lost go. They themselves are lost and they have to go on a long journey to find their way home. What will happen on the way? Who will they meet? What will they discover?
Surely, They will need courage and determination if they are ever to see their families again.
Target audience Children aged 8---11
Available on Amazon. E-book available on your Kindle on Kindle unlimited £0.00 (Not available on this website)
Available as a Paperback On Amazon Prices £7.99 UK $10.27 US
also as a hardback priced £12.50 UK $17.47 US
John Parnham
Links to Amazon. ebook. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RW5XFR4
Paperback:. https/www./amazon.co/dp/1739898516
Hardback:. https//www.amazon.com/dp/1739898524
There is a new cover for The world of all things lost. info@hatterstown-authors.uk
Update: I have decided to keep on selling the world of all things lost as it is but I am revising it and hopefully it should be much improved.
There will be a new beginning and a new end. The girls will be slightly older and it isn't their birthday But no spoilers.
Good news. This is the front cover of Hide and Seek, my new book .Is now available on Amazon as an Ebook and as a paperback. all my readers will be taken on a journey with Emily and Darcy way back into the past on an exciting adventure. There are plenty of illustration created by Caterina Baldi who has done a wonderful job.
Emily and Darcy go into the woods to play Hide and Seek but it takes a dangerous turn when Darcy is kidnapped. Emily is desperate to find her, But she has crossed a line imto the past and find herself in a medieval world that she isn't prepared for. She is determined to find Darcy and it takes her on an adventure where she meets many challenges along the way. When she meets Isabel who;s brother is also lost, the challenge is doubled This is a story of courage and devotion.
This is a middle grade time travel adventure for children aged 8--12.
If you like an adventure Buy it now. Ebook is 2.99 or $3.81 You can also find it on other stores such as Kobo, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, Apple books Palace marketplace, Thalia and Vivlio by using the Universal book link books2read.com/u/b6Wppx
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Future Plans
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I have begun a new story called "High Flying Evie Lawrence" about a schoolgirl in 1901 who has problems with gravity. It deserts her at the most inconvenient times. This will be no Mary poppins story . Mary Poppins could take off and land wherever and whenever she pleased. This is not the case for poor young Evie. She can't keep her feet on the ground. To make it worse, she's scared of heights. It will put her in all sorts of difficult situations and lead to adventures. It's a sort of Enid Blyton school story with flying, however unintentional it is. I can't give too much away, because I don't quite know what will happen myself but I do know that it will be exciting, sometimes funny and intriguing. So, watch out for it. It will take time to write but anything worthwhile is worth the wait. It will be aimed at children aged 9--12.
The Nightingale Princess
My first effort at writing a book was from adapting a play called The Nightingale Princess which as written for the children of Atherstone Theatre Workshop to perform.
Set in medieval times, it's about a princess who is beautiful, kind and good but when she sings!!!! she has the most dreadful voice in the universe. By singing , she can change the weather, make trees uproot and run away, she can turn milk to cheese. In the original story it was about the plot to get rid of her by finding a husband and the jester and the the chancellor are sent on a long journey to another country. On the way they meet a dragon, a snow monster and swamp creatures. Eventually they find their way the the royal palace and speak to the king. Who says yes to marrying the princess.
I sent it to an editor and he pointed out many things that needed to be changed. So, When I have the time, sometime in the future, I will write another story called the Nightingale princess which is about the princess at the heart of the story and not the jester and the chancellor.
The Ellham Woods Adventures.
In case you wondered if there will be any more in this series; the answer is yes. There is a third one planned. I have worked out the two main characters and the kind of world they will find themselves in and the challenges they face.
All three books have connections to each other. They all live in the same village, they all go to the same school and they Mysterious Ellham woods is always outside of the village waiting for unwary visitors to enter in. Each one is a standalone and you can read them on their own but there will be characters that you might recognise from two other books, because they are mentioned, however briefly. So there are lots of ideas and only time will tell what books will come out in the future.
