Books with author Patricia Pain

This is a delightful, enchanting children’s book filled with humour, fun, and adventure! Sarah, an only child without a mother, finds new friends and discovers a very special tree that adds new meaning to her life. She is confronted with challenges on her adventure and discovers strength inside her she didn’t know she had. The book captures the heart with hope, and with faith in oneself and life. Through adversity she and her friends find inner strength and a belief that spurs them on to a positive outcome. It is a lovely story about the fairy world, about belief in angels and nature, and about teaching how real these beings are in our lives if we just look inside ourselves. The unique, special tree that the children, especially Sarah, have a strong connection with gives them purpose. The love of nature will touch readers’ very being as they embrace the wonders of this tree. If only we believe, the world will be a better place. A lesson that is pure simplicity! Pure magic!

The four short stories in Nightmares in the Daylight depict kids in everyday situations that devolve into humorous happenings and strange events. These events make them wonder, get nervous and then frightened as their lives change through a weird or unexpected twist.Fast-Forward. Kerri always wanted to be old enough to do what she wanted and go where she wanted without her parents' consent. One day, she finds an odd watch that literally changes her life.The Fog? John is a mischievous kid who enjoys life at the expense of others until he meets a mysterious stranger. He doesn't realize it until it's too late, but when the "fog" floats away, life as he knows it floats away too.The Red Sand. The Taylor family loves spending time at the beach. This is especially so for their son, Michael, who wants to live there. Then something unbelievable happens to him that may make his dream come true.Act Like An Animal-Treated As Such. Dante is a good kid that made a bad decision to get what he wanted. He never dreamed that the consequence would leave him trapped like an animal with no way out.

Mountains, travel, adventure ― Amelia Hammer wants it all. Instead, her globe-trotting parents have dumped her in tiny, boring Dunstone, Ontario, in the middle of winter with her grandmother and her geeky cousin Simon. Simon isn't having much fun either, saddled with a sulky stranger in black leather and with neon hair.And he has to be nice to her. But life in safe little Dunstone turns dangerously exciting when Mara comes to town. Amelia is enchanted by this tall, proud, fearless girl, but Simon worries that Mara might be mixed up in something weird. He’s right. Mara is not what she seems, and neither is the shape-shifting assassin who’s tracking her. When the cousins take Mara's side in a war for an alien world, Amelia has to spread her wings ― literally ― and Simon must find out how far he will go to save a cousin who has become a friend.