Books with author J. Shelley

A brilliantly rich and strange fantasy adventure that will make us all believe in monsters - be they good, bad or somewhere in between.It is a well-known fact that fairies are born from a baby's first laugh. What is not as well documented is how monsters come into being .This is the story of a creature who is both strange and unique. When he hatches down in the vast underground lair where monsters dwell, he looks just like a human boy - much to the disgust of everyone watching. Even the grumpy gargoyles who adopt him and nickname him 'Imp' only want him to steal chocolate for them from the nearby shops. He's a child with feet in both worlds, and he doesn't know where he fits.But little does Imp realise that Thunderguts, king of the ogres, has a great and dangerous destiny in mind for him, and he'll stop at nothing to see it come to pass .

A brilliantly rich and strange fantasy adventure that will make us all believe in monsters – be they good, bad or somewhere in between.It is a well-known fact that fairies are born from a baby's first laugh. What is not as well documented is how monsters come into being …This is the story of a creature who is both strange and unique. When he hatches down in the vast underground lair where monsters dwell, he looks just like a human boy – much to the disgust of everyone watching. Even the grumpy gargoyles who adopt him and nickname him 'Imp' only want him to steal chocolate for them from the nearby shops. He's a child with feet in both worlds, and he doesn't know where he fits.But little does Imp realise that Thunderguts, king of the ogres, has a great and dangerous destiny in mind for him, and he'll stop at nothing to see it come to pass …

Getting grounded is the least of their worries…As punishment for playing doorbell ditch, twelve-year-old Tallia Thompson and her goofball brother Isaiah are shipped off to their grandparents’ house for half the summer. There’s nothing fun about being stuck in Maryland, a.k.a. Snore-a-land, except for one thing: the close proximity to Washington, D.C.Tallia would do anything for Isaiah, and what he wants most is to meet the President of the United States. So together, they formulate a plan to get to the White House—a plan that involves spending a bit of money and concocting a bunch of lies. And, ultimately, a plan that ends up changing Tallia’s perception of her family forever.

Typer Stockton should not spend her summer at Camp Caspar.Camp Caspar is a “behavior camp,” full of delinquents. Kids who steal. Kids who beat up other kids. Twelve-year-old Typer may not have made the best choices during her sixth grade year, but she’s nothing like these wacko and hostile campers.Yet, her parents insist that Camp Caspar is the consequence she deserves, so she’s sleeping in a bleak, nearly empty cabin for the next month. As Typer spends her days trying to earn “smiley points,” while avoiding some of the biggest jerks she’s ever met, she can’t help but wonder:What is she doing here? How is it fair that she’s stuck at this ridiculous camp where she doesn’t belong?Or, even worse, what if she belongs here after all?

Eleven-year-old Kelly “Birdie” Knotts has the perfect summer vacation planned: she’s finally going to visit her dad, Arthur. Birdie hardly knows him, but she has high hopes that he’ll be the one family member who understands her.Too bad her vacation is nothing like she imagined it would be.Arthur’s plans for their father-daughter visit revolve around a video game convention, where he dresses head-to-toe in costume and makes a boisterous scene every chance he gets. When he isn't shouting gleefully in the hallways, he’s belting out off-pitch tunes in the karaoke room. Birdie’s new plan? Hide under a rock for life.It’s impossible for Birdie to get to know Arthur when he insists that he’s a video game character. And if he doesn't step up and start acting like a dad, it might be game over.

For centuries magical beings have hidden in the darkness. Long ago an ancient race hid a powerful weapon on Earth, and now word has spread that it’s on the verge of being found.Its Summer 2045, and twin sisters; Grasiella and Tatiana Najera have no idea that their family holds a dark secret. It’s not until after they arrive at their grandmother’s home on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai that they discover they will have to keep a magical war from irrupting, and somehow keep peace between a Race that is ready to step out into the light. The Legacy Trilogy: Mishap & MayhemMishap & ChaosMishap & Retribution

Hated and Feared by a Magical Race, twins Grasiella and Tatiana must choose a side to end an ancient war.Deep within the Hawaiian Islands lies a battleground, and Grasiella and Tatiana have unwillingly freed their enemy Mnemosyne who is part of an Alien Race that at one time colonized Earth, making it their prison outpost. Hidden in the Earths crust is a Mineral that can be used to win the war. Others from Mnemosyne’s world have arrived in search of the same Mineral and there is no telling what they will do in order to find it first.