Books with author Jessica Schwab

Victoria suffers the normal troubles of every teenager: homework deadlines, a protective mother who keeps knives under her pillow, a missing father, and if she's not careful, Victoria falls into her paintings. Ok, so, not so normal problems. The paintings that lead to other realities are Gateways, and all is not well in the worlds outside our own. A shift in power is brewing as a search for an ancient weapon, the same weapon Victoria's father swore to protect, forces her to choose between remaining under the protection of her mentor or going on her own to find her father. If the weapon falls into the wrong hands, every world will suffer (insert evil laugh here).

Picking up right where Gateways, Book I of The Elemental Chronicles left off, Victoria believes that she'll be home tomorrow. After all, she defeated Ona, the mage who killed her father, and essentially saved the world. Or did she?Ona may be gone, but her followers are not. While they try to track her down, trouble brews in the Sphinx City where Elder Parnassus has been stripped of his elder-ship and the political atmosphere is tense, made worse by rivers turning to blood, fly infestations, and a plague of frogs that defile the city. Parnassus knows that the Mage Societies most valued possession - Faith - is at risk. But without Victoria to help, his hands...um, paws are tied.