Elf Hills

Linda Peters has always run for the love of it, for the desire to be fast. Now she runs because there might be something special at the end of the trail. Something with wings, a smile and a touch of magic. But every time she puts on her running shoes and heads into the hills, a new obstacle—of mundane and extraordinary varieties—stops her. Can she find what she feels in her heart lies at the end of the trail—before her life turns hectic with school and the demands of growing up? And will her cousin, Nugu, set aside his books and really see the things roaming the Elf Hills? Because sometimes the story is right in your own back yard, if only you believe.
Elf Hills is a new fairy tale set in the Coastal range of Northern California appropriate for readers of all ages (read myself, 9 and up). Girls will love Linda and her precocious running talent and doggedness. Boys, too, will enjoy Linda’s tom-boy antics and appreciate Nugu’s dream to ride a dragon (yes, a real dragon!). This is the exciting first book of a promising new children’s fantasy-adventure series from author S. S. Dudley.