Books with author Scott Stanford

As Dorothy awakes in Oz there's no sunshine in Munchkin country, just a twisted race enslaved by the Eastern witch, and a crooked path of yellow bricks she has to take to the mysterious Emerald City, a place ridden with sinister secrets. To get home the orphan girl treks the magical land, sometimes beautiful though often deadly, seeking help from the great wizard of Oz. The young girl struggles through a vast land of new sights, unfamiliar villages, and endures the dark forest, finding strange friends along her way. Cautiously trusting a peculiar scarecrow, he accompanies Dorothy through Oz, finding a tragic tin-man on their travels, and the cowardly lion; a victim to Mr Jack's infernal carnival. The animal's only hope is to be saved by Dorothy and her friends, but the ringleader and his obscure show have other plans for them. Dorothy's enchanting journey takes her through new, peculiar and amazing countries as Oz unveils itself. The strange friends must fight to overcome the rivers of mist, the deadly poppy fields, and beyond; whilst Kalidahs, Hammerheads and other macabre creatures stand in their way...and if they reach the Emerald City, they my find more than they bargained for. To get back to Kansas the young girl must survive the dangers of Oz, find the mysterious great wizard, and most of all, avoid the dead-lands of the West, where the evil witch Outika breeds her carnivorous pets, and watches the strange friends' every move. This isn't the Oz you know, and Dorothy may never leave.

This is a story about what happens when two Florida teens are introduced to a whole new world through their encounter with an unlikely interstellar traveler. Vance and Marla’s typical, ordinary lives are forever changed when the princess literally lands in their backyard while fleeing strife on her homeworld. Princess So’la, In My World is a story of heroes and villians, earthlings and aliens, kings and queens, and of course…parents and children.

This is a story about what happens when two Florida teens are introduced to a whole new world through their encounter with an unlikely interstellar traveler. Vance and Marla's typical, ordinary lives are forever changed when the princess literally lands in their backyard while fleeing strife on her homeworld. Princess So'la, In My World is a story of heroes and villians, earthlings and aliens, kings and queens, and of course...parents and children. A. Stanford was born in Philadelphia to a mom who instilled a respect for words and a love of artistic expression in her children at an early age. Ms. Stanford retired from civil service in 2014 in order to pursue the idea of writing fantasy stories for young and young-at-heart readers. Growing up mostly in sunny South Florida and equipped with a fertile imagination, Ms. Stanford developed a life long love of books and reading. Science fiction/fantasy and super hero stories became a favorite indulgence along with music and art. Ms. Stanford has a long and diverse list of favorite writers that range from J.R.R. Tolkien, to Charles Dickens, Walter Mosley, J.K. Rowling, John Steinbeck and John Grisham, just to name a few. Ms. Stanford still lives in Florida with her two sons and a cat named Sammy. Her motto is, "who says we have to grow all the way up?"