Books with author Melissa Gunther

Celia's Journey series - Book 1Never judge a book by its cover.The old book Celia Fincastle finds looks like everything else in Aunt Agatha's sorely neglected attic: dusty and dull. It certainly doesn't appear to be anything special. But as soon as she opens it, Celia discovers that it most definitely is not just another book. Soon she's whisked off to a school far away from the only home she knows and enters an adventure she never imagined could happen.On top of a new school, new classes, and new friends, she's shocked to find out that everyone knows her name. She's supposed to be some kind of leader when she's older; all she has to do is finish school. That turns out to be harder than she thought when someone tries to get her expelled. Celia must uncover the person behind the plot before it's too late, but there's more at stake than she realizes...

Erin Morgan thinks she’s had a fascinating dream, one inspired by the castle ruins her family is visiting while on their road trip vacation. Surely it was all so realistic because they’re staying in a bed and breakfast right next to the old castle, right? But if that’s the case, then why does she suddenly have this necklace that she doesn’t remember seeing before now? And why does her phone have a picture that looks like a ghostly image of the castle not in ruins?Her parents are worried about her, but when Erin tries to explain, her mother thinks Erin’s just letting her imagination run wild. As Erin tries to show her mother the picture on her phone, the ruins suddenly disappear, replaced with the real thing.Erin’s back at the castle, and she has to figure out how to get home... again. The answer might lie with the very girl Erin helped rescue her first time in Ner, but Serah’s rather stubborn brother is determined to keep Erin away from his sister. As Erin joins ranks with a couple of clever girls and an intelligent princess, she’s about to find out her own predicament is part of a much bigger picture, and there’s more to Ner than she realized.

Erin Morgan had a fantastic adventure, but now it’s over, and she knows she’s never going back through the portal that took her to the castle in Ner. Determined to put her traveling behind her and resettle in her real life, Erin does her best to enjoy the rest of her family’s vacation and get back to normal.Her plans change when she gets home and finds herself in possession of an interesting journal that mentions the people and places she encountered in Ner. When she reads of a danger that threatens the people she’s grown close to during the short time she’s spent at the castle, she knows she must find a way to either warn or help them.Now, instead of trying to figure out how to get home, she’s trying to figure out how to get back to Ner. Her first roadblock is getting permission from her parents, who aren’t exactly thrilled with the idea of her traveling through a portal to a faraway castle. If she manages that, she still has to figure out how to unlock the portal and open it and make it back to Ner in time to help her friends…and hope she gets there before it’s too late.

Celia's Journey series - Book 2CELIA'S PAST AND FUTURE ARE ABOUT TO COLLIDE. Celia Fincastle is back for another year at the Renasci Academy for Gifted Students, but she hasn t left her troubles behind her. This year she must complete a huge project about her family, but how is she supposed to do that when she knows nothing about them? While a surprise revelation about her grandmother has Celia anxious to learn more, it s help from an unexpected source that may hold both the key to her past and the answer to her current problems, but she might not be the only one who knows about it. She must solve the clues before all is lost, and time is running out. Both her grade and her future hang in the balance...but will someone else find it before she does?

This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs. Author's bio: See author bio info. Description as follows: This is essentially an old-fashioned novel, because it is nourishing. It leaves a good taste in the mouth. It is spiced with wit and laced with vitalityeverybody in it is glad to be aliveyet its basic ingredients are those two fundamental to a good story: courage and love. This is a book to read aloud, to lend to friends, to reread and, to treasure.One Summer In Between is a vital story, rich with detailHarriet Brown is mischievous, thoughtful, wicked, pert, acidly charming, and made, certainly, of the stuff-that-endures.Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs. Author's bio: See author bio info. Description as follows: This is essentially an old-fashioned novel, because it is nourishing. It leaves a good taste in the mouth. It is spiced with wit and laced with vitalityeverybody in it is glad to be aliveyet its basic ingredients are those two fundamental to a good story: courage and love. This is a book to read aloud, to lend to friends, to reread and, to treasure.One Summer In Between is a vital story, rich with detailHarriet Brown is mischievous, thoughtful, wicked, pert, acidly charming, and made, certainly, of the stuff-that-endures.Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet