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Books with author Nan Sweet

  • Too Much School

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 4, 2015)
    Ivy, Carrie, and David stay after school to work on a special book project. When the lights suddenly go out, Mrs. Huffity leaves Carrie in charge with instructions to keep everyone inside. Carrie never imagined how hard that could be. Goblins attack and her friends are scattered. Now it's up to Carrie to keep everyone safe, including a baby unicorn that the goblins desperately want to take. Can she protect the unicorn and save the day?
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  • An Unexpected Adventure

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 28, 2015)
    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.
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  • Adrift

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 22, 2015)
    Carrie is spending the summer with her new step-family.Although she’s nervousabout having a new little sister, Mrs. Huffitywarns her that things aren’t exactly as theyseem.When Carrie stops a group of boys fromteasing Shannon, she discovers that something is different about her step-sister.It will be more of a transition than Carrieever expected. After all, her step-sisterisn’t human...
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  • The Unicorn's Quest

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Sept. 12, 2017)
    LIVE THE MAGIC. LOVE THE ADVENTURE.When a young unicorn suddenly appears at Emma's house, she decides to help him. Emma is kidnapped by a giant. Alone ina strange world where everything is too big,Emma struggles to escape.Will she find her way home before it’s too late?If your kids like The Chronicles of Narnia, give Dusky Hollows a try.
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  • The Haunted House

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Sept. 10, 2017)
    Live the magic. Love the Adventure. Emma's house is haunted. When she goes to sleep at night, she hears thumps and bumps and the sound of feet running across her wall. Terrified, she asks her sister, Ivy, for help. Ivy enlists the help of her friends. Together they try to solve the mystery, but the creature they're dealing with isn't a ghost, and Emma is in grave peril. Will Ivy be able to save her sister before it's too late?
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  • Cry of the Banshee

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Jan. 22, 2018)
    David has a huge problem. Even though it's early in the school year, he's failing his classes. Things get worse when Myrna, a girl with magical power, shows up at his doorstep. She is upset about her placement using a magic she doesn't like. She is destined to become a banshee, and those who hear her wail are doomed to die or suffer the loss of someone close to them.
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  • Furry Mess

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, May 25, 2019)
    ~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.
  • Tara and the Ice Giant

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Nov. 11, 2018)
    LIVE THE MAGIC. LOVE THE ADVENTURE.Magic can't solve every problem. Tara lost her brother to a rare cancer two years earlier. When her best friend, Emma, brings a magical item home, Tara thinks she can use it to bring Ryan back. Everything goes wrong, and Tara finds herself trapped in a winter land with no way out. Will she ever find her way home again?If you love The Chronicles of Narnia, give Dusky Hollows a try.
  • 11 The Haunted Woods

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (Independently published, Sept. 12, 2019)
    ~~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.
  • 12 Mrs. Huffity's Birthday Party

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (Independently published, Feb. 24, 2020)
    Live the Magic Love the AdventureIt's been a rough month for David. The water and electricity in his house is shut off, and his dad is missing. When Mrs. Huffity asks David to house sit, he jumps at the chance. Her only request is that David stay inside at night, which would be fine, except a boy is out there making strange sounds and staring into the window. David calls Carrie and Ivy for help, but not all is as it seems. What will happen in this next great adventure?This book will have a guest appearance with Sparky. Also, meet Mr. Huffity for the first time!If you love The Chronicles of Narnia, give Dusky Hollows a try.
  • 13 Nightmare

    Nan Sweet

    Paperback (Independently published, July 3, 2020)
    Live the MagicLove the AdventureCarrie and David love their new drawing teacher, Ms. Shire, but when she gives them a project to draw statues, Carrie's life changes. Her statue of horses and a robed figure haunt her dreams. The nightmares get worse and worse until she is pulled into the dream world. Now Carrie is locked into a statue and unable to move.Will someone come to her rescue?Book 1: Fierce Winds & Fiery DragonsBook 2: 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 MessBook 11: The Haunted WoodsBook 12: Mrs. Huffity's Birthday PartyBook 13: NightmareBook 14: Midnight At Castle BooBook 15: The Spirit of ChristmasIf you love The Chronicles of Narnia, give Dusky Hollows a try.
  • Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770 by Sweet, James H.

    Sweet

    Paperback (The University of North Carolina Press,2003, March 15, 1656)
    Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese W...