Books with author Nan Sweet

Love the Magic. Live the Adventure.Sixth grade can be tough, especially in Dusky Hollows. Carrie's magic ring wants to go to the new student, Everett. He's a wheelchair bound sixth-grader with cerebral palsy. But once he has the magic, everything falls apart. Carrie and Ivy get into trouble at school. Everett is kidnapped. And now Ivy and Carrie are in a race against time to save him.Book 1: Fierce Winds & Fiery DragonsBook 2: The Curse of the InvisiblesBook 3: Too Much SchoolBook 4: AdriftBook 5: An Unexpected AdventureBook 6: The Haunted HouseBook 7: The Unicorn's QuestBook 8: Cry of the Banshee

~~Live the Magic.~~~~ Love the Adventure.~~While playing her flute at a football game, Ivy is drawn into a bet between a strange older student and some of the sophomore boys. Ivy knows that April is different, but she has no idea that April is one of the tree folk. Now she must spend the night in the haunted woods by the old apple orchard with April. Strange things happen in the forest at night, and soon Ivy is fighting for her life.Fans of The Chronicles of Narnia will love Dusky Hollows.

~Live the Magic~ ~Love the Adventure~When Tara and Emma see a new moving van, they are immediately curious. What neither friend knows is that the new neighbor is magical. He also loves playing pranks. Emma is turned into a cat. She returns home, but her dad throws her over the fence! Alone and confused, Emma finds help from her best friend. Things go from bad to worse when Tara enlists the help of Emma's sister, Ivy, and her friends, Carrie and David.Book 1: Fierce Winds & Fiery DragonsBook 2: The Curse of the InvisiblesBook 3: Too Much SchoolBook 4: AdriftBook 5: An Unexpected AdventureBook 6: The Haunted HouseBook 7: The Unicorn's QuestBook 8: Cry of the BansheeBook 9: Tara and the Ice GiantBook 10: Furry Mess

Ivy and Carrie love their new classroom even if the new teacher is a little strange. When Mrs. Huffity asks for volunteers to care for an egg, Ivy doesn’t budge. She’s had a few scary dreams about that egg and wants nothing to do with it.But when trouble comes, Ivy defends the egg. In her desire to save the baby that hatches, Ivy is tossed into the middle of an adventure. She never imagined one dragon could be so much trouble.

Live the Magic. Love the AdventureIvy plays basketball on the Dusky Hollows Hawks team, but strange things are happening. Ivy's jersey is magical, and even though her jersey brings her good luck, her teammate's jersey is the opposite. Heather won't listen to Ivy, and now her life is in danger. Ivy must figure out what is happening with the jerseys and save Heather, all while in the middle of a game.

Wendy is a lonely little girl whose only friend is imaginary and invisible to her classmates and mom. At least she has her two dogs, Max and Nova who talk to her just like people. But her invisible friend and her pets are determined to help Wendy make friends in the real world with two of her classmates. Wendy just wants to play in her daydream world, but with a little encouragement from Max and Nova, she decides to approach her classmates. Wendy makes new friends but finds herself in the middle of a conflict between them, and everything goes wrong. Can Wendy figure out how to live in the real world with everybody else?

~~Princess Penny Pocket Adventures will be 30 - 40 pages long~~Princess Penny is excited to have new guests. Best of all, she is going to meet Twinkle, the new foal of the flying horses. As a good princess, she spends most of the ball greeting her guests. In the meantime two badly behaved sisters cause a scene. They take Twinkle under the castle, running away and leaving him behind when they get scared. Now Princess Penny must save the little foal. It's scary under the castle. Will Princess Penny be brave enough to save Twinkle?If you like Princess Penny, try Fierce Winds & Fiery Dragons, the story of a dragon egg and the fifth grader who helps protect it.

Offsite Link to photos inside the book: http://https.duskyhollows.wordpress.com/Ever wonder what Mrs. Huffity was like as a child? This is a stand-alone picture book about that very dragon. Fun to read with delightful illustrations!Glenna loves to sing, but she isn't very good. When she opens her mouth, terrible things happen! Can Glenna learn to control her voice...before it's too late?This book is a read-aloud picture book for younger children. For the older children, please check out the older Glenna in "Fierce Winds & Fiery Dragons"

Live the Magic. Love the Adventure.Follow Ivy, Carrie, and David as they explore a world full of magic and wonder. In Fierce Winds & Fiery Dragons, Ivy discovers her teacher is a dragon. What's worse? Ivy has the responsibility of guarding a baby dragon. She is pulled into a strange world and must use her wits to survive.In Curse of the Invisibles, Carrie's life has been rough lately with her parents talking divorce. She is angry at the world and takes it out on Ivy. When Carrie wishes herself invisible, Ivy agrees. In Dusky Hollows, sometimes even the worst wishes come true. Carrie does become invisible and only the classroom bully can hear her. In Too Much School, Ivy, Carrie, and David stay after school for a class project. Little do they realize that the school will soon be under attack. Something strange happens to Ivy and David, leaving Carrie to guard a baby unicorn and protect the students left. Mrs. Huffity is nowhere to be found and time is running out.In Adrift Carrie discovers that her new little sister is not completely human. She follows her new step-sister onto the beach. They are both pulled into a water world, one that her sister is quite content to live. Can she convince her new little sister to come home with her?Everett is wheelchair-bound, but that's a problem he's dealt with his whole life. The new problem? His parents decided to move, and now he's starting a new school and doesn't know anyone. What he doesn't know is that Dusky Hollows is a place with bigger adventures than just moving. When he's kidnapped into a place where he can walk and run, he's just not sure he wants to come back.Book 1: Fierce Winds & Fiery DragonsBook 2: Curse of the InvisiblesBook 3: Too Much SchoolBook 4: AdriftBook 5: An Unexpected Adventure

Beyond hope, one lonely girl searches for a miracle.Wendy has always been shy. When her mother is in a bad car accident, Wendy must go to the next door neighbor's house. A neighbor she barely knows! Wendy is worried about her mother and isn't sure when she'll be back from the hospital.Her mom is in a coma and may not wake up. To make matters worse, one of the protectors of the world have asked for Wendy's help right when she should be with her mom. Wendy is taken on an adventure and isn't even sure how to return home. Will Wendy make it home in time? Can she save her mom? Find out in Wish Upon a Star.

It's been a rough year. Wendy's mom is recovering from a bad car accident, and now they will have to move. The bank foreclosed on Wendy's house, and Wendy will have to give up her dogs, Max and Nova. As if that's not bad enough, Wendy insults the elders and loses her abilities. She has to find a way to everything back, but she doesn't know how. Follow Wendy on her next great adventure!

Live the Magic. Love the AdventureMrs. Huffity's fifth grade class has a new project. It's a wish garden. Unfortunately, some of their wishes come true, and some of Mrs. Huffity's students were not careful with their wishes. Carrie, David, and Ivy accidentally travel to another world. To get home, they must save a prince from a curse and stop an evil sorceress. Along the way, they might even become friends.