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Easy-going tomboy Charley Forest, a girl with the fortunate Gift of communicating with magical animals, is looking forward to a quiet final year at Fernleigh Manor boarding school. Her peace is short-lived, however, when she's burdened with the unwelcome responsibilities of Game Captainship and finds herself caught up in a deadly rivalry with a new girl...a girl with a devastatingly charming Gift.A secret rule-breaking scheme, an unforeseen second magical talent, and a budding romance only add to the turmoil. Charley soon discovers that a quiet last year is the last thing she's going to get.Set in an alternative mid twentieth century England full of fabled beasts and humans with magical abilities, Pegasi and Prefects is the first in a series of traditional school stories spiced with a dash of magic and a sweet dollop of romance.

Set in an alternative mid twentieth century England full of fabled beasts and humans with magical abilities, Elves and Escapades is the second in a series of traditional school stories spiced with a dash of magic and a sweet dollop of romance.It's difficult enough being a Senior Prefect, especially when your rival is using magic to break school rules. When some girls at school get a little too close to old, dark magic, Charley finds that there is far more at stake in enforcing school rules than making sure the hockey team doesn't disgrace themselves.When the Christmas holidays change everything between herself and the girl she loves, Charley finds herself taking greater risks to fight for her future--and for the lives of friends and rivals alike.A YA fantasy school story with a sapphic twist.

"Signs & Wonders" by J. D. Beresford. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Anne has always thought of herself as middling. Middling looks, middling position in the form, middling magical Gift and just a middling curve to the tip of her ears. Her best friend, Lady Emmeline Eversleigh, commonly known as Kitty, is not middling anything. And when Kitty drags Anne into playing a Saint Valentine's Day prank of truly wicked--and magical--proportions on one of the prefects, Anne finds herself in more than a middling muddle of trouble.A stand alone prequel novelette of 10,000 words in Scholars and Sorcery, a series of magical YA school stories set in an alternate mid-20th century world of magical gifts, magical beasts, and a dollop of sapphic romance.

The first two novels in the Scholars and Sorcery series, plus a prequel novellaTales of adventure, magic, hockey teams and prep, and girls in love, bundled together at a value price.Pegasi and PrefectsEasy-going tomboy Charley Forest, a girl with the fortunate Gift of communicating with magical animals, is looking forward to a quiet final year at Fernleigh Manor boarding school. Her peace is short-lived, however, when she's burdened with the unwelcome responsibilities of Game Captainship and finds herself caught up in a deadly rivalry with a new girl...a girl with a devastatingly charming Gift.A secret rule-breaking scheme, an unforeseen second magical talent, and a budding romance only add to the turmoil. Charley soon discovers that a quiet last year is the last thing she's going to get.Set in an alternative mid twentieth century England full of fabled beasts and humans with magical abilities, Pegasi and Prefects is the first in a series of traditional school stories spiced with a dash of magic and a sweet dollop of romance.Elves and EscapadesSet in an alternative mid twentieth century England full of fabled beasts and humans with magical abilities, Elves and Escapades is the second in a series of traditional school stories spiced with a dash of magic and a sweet dollop of romance.It's difficult enough being a Senior Prefect, especially when your rival is using magic to break school rules. When some girls at school get a little too close to old, dark magic, Charley finds that there is far more at stake in enforcing school rules than making sure the hockey team doesn't disgrace themselves.When the Christmas holidays change everything between herself and the girl she loves, Charley finds herself taking greater risks to fight for her future--and for the lives of friends and rivals alike.A YA fantasy school story with a sapphic twist.Fairies and FelicitationsAnne has always thought of herself as middling. Middling looks, middling position in the form, middling magical Gift and just a middling curve to the tip of her ears. Her best friend, Lady Emmeline Eversleigh, commonly known as Kitty, is not middling anything. And when Kitty drags Anne into playing a Saint Valentine's Day prank of truly wicked--and magical--proportions on one of the prefects, Anne finds herself in more than a middling muddle of trouble.A stand alone prequel novelette of 10,000 words in Scholars and Sorcery, a series of magical YA school stories set in an alternate mid-20th century world of magical gifts, magical beasts, and a dollop of sapphic romance.

KangaRuby bounced, Nightingale soared and The Chimp swung with Slug Boy gripped in his fingers. The scene that greeted them was truly terrible After an encounter with a crisp-loving elf, best friends Gary, Bel, Ruby and Morris are given superpowers. In their new identities, The Chimp, Nightingale, KangaRuby and Slug Boy must stop super-scary (and super-hairy) villains Jumper Jack Flash and The Panteater from stealing all the sweets (and pants) in Tumchester. But first the Fabulous Four Fish Fingers need to learn to work as a team (and remember not to step on Slug Boy).