Books with author Anne Stewart

Cal Bradley just wants his life to be normal. He wants to complete his history project, not travel back in time and become part of it. He dreams of being Most Valuable Player for his middle school basketball team, not causing his rival never to have been born. And he longs to forget about the eighteenth-century pirate he and his friend, Anthony, accidentally caused to time-travel, not risk his life to save him.But the old wooden box with the gold medallion from an ancient South American treasure site has other plans for him, taking him on a journey he never could have imagined. Along the way, Cal learns about himself, about helping friends, about taking responsibility. And he discovers that even enemies are people, too.

The Sea Witch is a fun-filled children's fantasy story with a scary twist. Set in a Devonshire coastal resort, it follows the friendship between twelve-year-old identical twins Ellie and Lucy, and Mia, a sea witch. From the moment they find an unusual shell on the beach, the twins' peaceful holiday with their grandparents turns into a spine-tingling, fast-moving adventure. When their new friend, Sandy, goes missing in mysterious circumstances, Mia experiences visions that lead her to believe that she has been kidnapped and is in danger. She shares her fears with Ellie and Lucy, and they agree to go with her in search of their friend. Now Mia must draw on every ounce of her witchery if they are to outwit the kidnappers, find Sandy, and save her from further harm. Can they do it? Mia might be a sea witch, but she is very young and inexperienced and still getting the hang of spells. But the clock is ticking . . . The Sea Witch is a fun-filled children's fantasy story with a scary twist. Set in a Devonshire coastal resort, it follows the friendship between twelve-year-old identical twins Ellie and Lucy, and Mia, a sea witch. From the moment they find an unusual shell on the beach, the twins' peaceful holiday with their grandparents turns into a spine-tingling, fast-moving adventure. When their new friend, Sandy, goes missing in mysterious circumstances, Mia experiences visions that lead her to believe that she has been kidnapped and is in danger. She shares her fears with Ellie and Lucy, and they agree to go with her in search of their friend. Now Mia must draw on every ounce of her witchery if they are to outwit the kidnappers, find Sandy, and save her from further harm. Can they do it? Mia might be a sea witch, but she is very young and inexperienced and still getting the hang of spells. But the clock is ticking . . . The Sea Witch is a fun-filled children's fantasy story with a scary twist. Set in a Devonshire coastal

When Poplar Morgan first stepped into Faraway, she’d been terrified, but by the time her Winter Adventure was over, she’d known that wonderful world was her home. After a Spring and Summer there, it was time for a spell to create Fall. Unfortunately, Father Time had forgotten to tell her, Alec and her friends that the night flower for Autumn’s heart must be picked from the South side of the dark and stormy island. So, they had taken one from the wrong side and had started a war with the ogres of the island! Now Poppy was forced to return to the Outer World to get a new sort of flower that might make amends and end the war before anyone could get hurt. Only, magick doesn’t work in the Outer World like it does on Faraway, and Poppy is afraid she’ll be stuck there forever. Is it true what they say, that you can always go home? And will she get back in time to save everyone, again?

The best stories all seem to have happened long ago or far away, but Poplar Morgan never dreamed that those were real times and places. That is, she didn’t until the day she fell through a cellar door into a land called Faraway. Then things like magick and fairies, or dragons and goblins were all too real. This Faraway place was as frightening as it was magical. There was trouble there that Poppy wasn’t sure she wanted anything to do with. The goblins had taken over and they held the people of Faraway prisoner behind walls of ice, where it was always winter. Poppy had the Winter Stone, though, and they told her this was the key to breaking the goblin’s spell. But getting the stone where it needed to be would be an adventure filled with danger. Even if she was brave enough to try, Poppy was afraid she wasn’t strong enough to save Faraway. Unfortunately, she was their last chance.

Ever since her first adventure on Faraway, Poplar Morgan has wanted to be a witch, and to learn to cast spells. If she’d had any idea how boring learning magick could be, she might have changed her mind! But then, she wouldn’t have been on the Ilse of Thyme when danger arrived, and she wouldn’t have had a summer adventure trying to escape from it and save her new friends at the same time. Each spell she casts, thinking this will be the one to win the day, seems to misfire, until she learns the secret a giant’s witch is keeping. But will she be a strong enough witch by then to work a spell to save all the magick on Faraway?

More trouble... Seventh-grader Anthony Wescott has escaped from a pirate, altered history, and helped capture criminals. In the finale of the Quimbaya trilogy, he longs for his time-traveling days while dodging the bullies of Jefferson Bainbridge Middle School. Lured by historical accounts of an unsolved mystery in their quiet town, Anthony convinces his sister, Liv, and best friend, Cal, to travel to the 1830s to solve it. But what happens next is not in their plans...More danger... Anthony is kidnapped in 1838, and the fearless Cherokee boy who rescues him fails to escape the Trail of Tears as he was meant to do. Is Anthony willing to put his life on the line to save Daniel Kingfisher?More adventure... For help, the three young people call on former pirate Robert Morehouse, who has perfected his survival skills across four centuries. By stagecoach, steamboat, and on horseback, they pursue Daniel and his captors. But the 1830s are a turbulent time in the young nation of America, and when the Season of the Cold Moon arrives early, Anthony must reach deep inside himself and learn the real meaning of courage.

As excitement and the scent of cupcakes filled the air at Genevieve Parfait’s Patisserie, the tiny Parisian rabbit had no idea that baking for the King’s upcoming birthday gala would set off a chain of events that would take her from the Towers of London to the Grand Canal of Venice. When her competitor Jacques, a rat with both a jealous bone and devious mind, steals her sugary masterpiece and plots to keep her as far away from Paris as possible, Genevieve has no time to waste in finding her confection, a tower of irreplaceable cupcakes made of the rarest and most extravagant ingredients. Excitement turns to high anxiety as Genevieve joins forces with the bold and brash Highlander, Collie Duncan MacTartan, a former Scotland Yard detective and his former partner in police work, the proper and particular British Terrier, Finneas Crumpett. As the unlikely threesome follow clues to some of Europe’s most famous landmarks, rookie reporter Sophie Felinee follows their trail bringing international attention to the case and the support of all of Europe. In a race against time, Genevieve and her friends discover much more than cupcakes before the mystery ends in a spectacular and raucous conclusion from high atop the Eiffel Tower.

The exciting sequel to A Winter Adventure begins when Winter ends too soon and Summer is too tired to stay awake for long. As Summer and Winter begin to fight over who should get to sleep, snow storms blow and sun scorches. Warm summer rain becomes winter ice, sometimes in the same day. This wild weather gives Poplar Morgan an idea. A good idea. A grand idea. A wildly wonderful idea that would change the world of Faraway forever. Except, she needs to get to an island called Long Ago and find Mother Nature before she can find a way to bring Spring to Faraway, and Alec is too afraid of Poppy’s mother to dare take Poppy there. So, what’s a daring girl to do when she has the best of ideas? She sneaks away with a new friend, of course! But when Poppy and Bran Thornstead find Mother Nature and think the adventure is almost over, they find out that it has just begun! Trolls, giants, irritating little goblins, and crazy weather won’t stop her, because Poppy will do whatever is necessary to bring a lovely new season to life.