The town Miranda has always ached to visit. The town her mother spent her summers as a girl. For years, Miranda has stared at postcards of August Isle, Florida. Fans of Sharon Creech and Rebecca Stead will be captivated by this story filled with warm humor, mystery, whimsy, and characters you can’t let go. From critically acclaimed author Ali Standish (The Ethan I Was Before), the story of one girl’s journey to a magical seaside town, where she uncovers her family’s long hidden secrets and ultimately finds truth and redemption. Scott is the author of the Nyxia Triad, and Saving Fable is his middle-grade debut. He lives in North Carolina, surviving mostly on cookie dough and the love of his wife, Katie. The birth of his son has convinced him that magic is actually real. Scott Reintgen is a former public school teacher and still spends summers teaching middle schoolers dark fiction and fantasy at Duke Young Writers' Camp. After all, can a side character really save the day? But the more Indira uncovers, the more doubt she feels about her place in this world of stories. With her friends Maxi and Phoenix by her side, she pieces together clues that will reveal who is behind the dark magic threatening them all. Indira is starting to feel like an evil antagonist might be to blame.Īs the danger spreads, Indira discovers all of Fable is under siege. A failed audition lands her in the school's side-character track, and her best efforts to prove advisors-famous characters like Alice from Wonderland and Professor Darcy-wrong are constantly sabotaged. So she can't believe her luck when she's finally chosen to travel to Fable and study at the renowned Protagonist Preparatory, a school known for producing the best heroes. But Indira's dreams of achieving hero status don't exactly go as planned.
Indira has been a character-in-waiting her entire life. She lives in Raleigh with her husband, Aki, and their two rescue dogs, Bella and Keeper. You can visit her online at Saving Fable (Talespinners #1) She has an MFA in children’s writing from Hollins University and an MPhil in children’s literature from the University of Cambridge. I loved this book! I love Bella!” -Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the RainĪli Standish, author of the critically acclaimed The Ethan I Was Before, August Isle, and Bad Bella, grew up in North Carolina and spent several years as an educator in the Washington, DC, public school system.
“Bella, Bella, Bella! A wonderful, funny, heartfelt tale of a very good ‘bad’ dog, and her enduring quest for that thing we all seek: a place to call home. Perfect for fans of Racing in the Rain and Because of Winn Dixie! Ali Standish, author of the critically acclaimed The Ethan I Was Before and August Isle, delivers a re barkable tale of one extraordinary pup’s search for a new family, inspired by her real-life rescue dog Bella.
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