Books with author Elle Alexander

Jane Worthington is miserable indeed. Losing her parents at the tender age of eight, she is sent to live at the dreadful orphanage, The Rudorf Home For Foundlings, where she is forced to bed without supper, made to clean with little rest and, when she's very naughty, locked away in the red room. One day, her fortune changes when she discovers a door to another world through which she escapes and starts down a journey that will grant her the chance for wicked revenge. But, at what cost?

She Is... is an original artwork of a young Black girl, styled with bold frames and positive attributes throughout her natural hair. Leadership, intelligence, humor, originality and confidence are a few characteristics Black girls possess, but aren't nurtured because of stereotypes or images reflected by social media and society. She Is... is the inspiration for this coloring book with images of Black girls, affirmations and pages to journal and express yourself. An awesome gift for any Black girl, a conversation starter and a creative outlet for Black Girls Who Color.

Being a mother is a true honor. As a new mommy, adjusting to motherhood is hard. So much emphasis and information is put into talking about the actual pregnancy and labor, but no one really talks about the days and months after you get home. Post partum depression is real and as much as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes the same village to help a woman become a mother. This book is a love letter from a son to his mother as he recognizes, even as a child brand new to the world, that his mother is learning everyday how to be a mother. Regardless of her ups and downs, her son is her biggest cheerleader and their love is unconditional. This book hopes to provide compassion, support and grace for all new moms learning to wear her new honor proudly.

It seemed like an impossible task but the instructions left no doubt—find the Missing Mortals or someone will die.Emma and the gang are back in their next adventure at Dinswood Academy and must search for a group of missing statues to solve an age-old legend.While digging the foundation for Dinswood Academy’s new gymnasium, a missing sculpture is discovered. Convinced the statue is really part of the missing mortals thought to be lost in 1712, Lord Dinswood assigns Emma and her friends the task of finding them.But what begins as a fun adventure quickly turns into a desperate search when they receive a threatening note: find the Missing Mortals or something will die!Will Emma and her friends find the statues in time?

Desperate to get away from a home where she no longer feels wanted, twelve-year-old Emma Higsby is elated when she wins a scholarship to the prestigious Dinswood Academy boarding school. Emma quickly falls in love with the renovated castle nestled in the heart of the mountains. But when rumors surface that her new school is having financial problems and may have to close, she begins to search for a way to save her new home.When she discovers a riddle of buried treasure left by the eccentric school’s founder, Lord Dinswood, she and her friends must use their courage and intelligence to solve each clue.But someone else is searching for the treasure as well. Emma and her friends will have to race against time and discover the secret of Dinswood first!

Logicide! Heretic!Behold, the city of Laburnum, where all the gods are dead.The all-seeing Academy has outlawed faith and superstition. Those caught whispering about unreasonable things quickly disappear.But in this cruel city dripping with lies and conspiracy, an aristocrat and a slum boy are about to have their fates wound together by a mysterious cat. They will soon discover the dark underworld behind their city's curtain — and that evil has more than one face.Pure Dickensian Voodoo.Widdershins is a dystopian thrill-ride of top hats, politics, misfits and blood magic, from a striking new voice in fantasy.

Laburnum is a city of two moons and one faith: Logic. It’s also a city of rat empires, criminal gangs, slum boys, plotting politicians, curious princesses, the crimson men, drunkards and a talking cat. And there’s a bit of witchcraft going on, but we’re not allowed to talk about that.******************************************The Boy with Absolutely No Talents is part 1 of 6 from Alex Alexander’s debut novel Widdershins. In the Neo-Victorian city of Laburnum, the Academy have outlawed irrational thought. Religion, mysticism and magic have been forgotten and replaced with the Laws of Logic. The Academy’s Inquisitors police these laws and to break them is to commit the ultimate crime: Logicide. Niclas, The Boy with Absolutely No Talents, has made a promise to the talking cat Balthazar – a promise he intends to keep. But there is a dark side to his new master and the boy is about to find himself pulled into the underworld of the Black Science.“…”“…”“…The Whisperer whispers…”