Books with author John Chambers

Owen Asher is back in Helicon, and Sawyer Snow doesn’t like it. Sawyer doesn’t believe Nora Sparrow when she says that Owen deserves another chance. Owen’s not a good person. He’s manipulative and cruel, and there’s no way he can be rehabilitated. When Sawyer sees Nora kissing Owen, he’s convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt that Owen has done something horrible to Nora to make her behave this way. Sawyer doesn’t know what’s happened, but he knows it can’t be good. With help of his friends, Sawyer will do whatever it takes to save Nora—to save all of Helicon—from whatever scheme Owen has planned.

A new year in Helicon, and Nora Sparrow is determined that this one will be a drama-free. She’s intent on doing nothing but having fun, creating, and enjoying herself. Unfortunately, drama strikes right away with an explosion at the Winter Ball. The assumed perpetrator is a muse named Lute Thundercloud, although he claims he didn’t do it. Sawyer Snow believes Lute. In fact, Sawyer can’t stop thinking about Lute. He loves Nora, and he doesn’t want to hurt her, but he is torn—shaken by this new attraction. And before he can even quite come to grips with his feelings, he realizes that all the girls in Helicon have suddenly fallen madly in love with a skinny fourteen-year-old named Colin Oak—who also happens to be the same guy who accused Lute of causing the explosion. It’s becoming obvious that something’s not quite right in Helicon…

Nora Sparrow couldn’t be more at home in Helicon, the whimsical land of the muses, where she belongs. She is in love with Sawyer Snow, and she’s never been happier. But Maddie Salt, their best friend, is hurt and angry about the newly formed relationship between Sawyer and Nora. She can’t help but feel left out, and she wants nothing more to do with them. Agler Thorn finds himself jealous of Nora’s new romance. When he’s given authority over the tweens in Helicon, he makes it his business to try to keep Sawyer and Nora apart. A bewildering sickness is creeping over the land, striking down muses, leaving them weak and unable to create. It seems obvious that it’s the work of Owen, but the muses can’t find him. He’s out of reach, and they can’t fight him. Through all of this, Nora clings to Sawyer, the only perfect, stable thing in her life. She loves him, and she wants to make love to him. But after she and Sawyer are intimate with each other, everything changes…

Cassandra Knight just can't seem to get things right where school's concerned. If there were awards for students who got the most detentions she'd win them all!But when she receives a library detention one afternoon something magical happens. Time stops for Cassie as she finds herself in the world of The Book Fairies, whose job it is to complete stopped stories. The Book Fairies need her help. They have waited a long time for the right person to come along and Cassie, it turns out, is just that person. Cassie doesn't believe in Fairies at all. She left them behind when she was in kindy and she doesn't do fantasy but when the Fairies explain their problem Cassie decides that it just might make a very boring detention a little less boring.She agrees to help and so the adventure begins.The Fairies drop Cassie into the stopped story of a murdered boy where she meets a strange mixture of characters and becomes a part of the story herself.She finds herself caught up in a world of injustice, corruption and just the odd bit of evil. How she manages to get the story started again is what this book is all about.So join Cassie in her first adventure as "The Story Fixer" and share her journey.The Story Fixer is a story of magic, fantasy, hope and possibility. The author is a teacher and a writer who has always been a kid at heart, so this story is suitable for middle to upper grade primary, or kids around 8 to 11 years of age...and adults who find they need to touch base with their inner child every now and then!