Books with author Theresa Allen

A nameless threat hangs over a boy who loves playing the trading-card game, Rune Matrix; and when he lays down a new card he received under mysterious circumstances, he's thrown into the Land of the Heart, a fantastic game world where his feelings and beliefs take on lives of their own.A talking owl offers him a quest, to find the Mount of Omnia; but since all the boy wants is to get back home, he accepts the simpler-sounding quest of a friendly crow, and goes in search of the huge Black Gate standing somewhere in the depths of the Forest of Darkness. However, opening that gate ends up involving a bigger quest the crow had neglected to mention.Suffering extremes of cold, heat, rain, and snow, the boy wanders the entire Land in search of the required black medallions; but once he's found them all, he's thrown into a nasty trap that puts him face-to-face with his worst nightmare.He has the clues. Will he be able to put them together before he gets pulled into this nightmarish pit? ... the Abyss of Nil.

And so a new game began …… and Sid Meyer must play.Arthur Pye, back in his Land of the Heart again after asking Game Master Jesus to help a bully named Sid, sets out on a new quest, and comes across an ailing river whose problem is a wounded dragon blocking one of its brooks. This dragon, the victim of a powerful giant, proves to be the same Sid who had bullied Arthur, who has been transformed to play his part in Arthur’s game, and remembers nothing of his life Outside.Arthur nurses him back to health; but he soon goes off on his own, seeking revenge on the giant, and Arthur spends the next while getting him out of one fix after another. However, finally accepting that he can’t deflect Sid from his purpose, Arthur joins him and trains him to fight monsters, as the two of them head towards the mountain where the giant lives.Sid loses his first battle with the giant, and goes off with a dodgy gambler to build up his strength and skill so that he can try again. But a condition of the gambler’s help is that he must enter a showdown against Lord Day-star’s stone warrior.He must find within himself the strength to go up against this new opponent, and then face his giant once more because, in his own Land of the Heart, the dread Lord Justicium waits, a foe who will not be denied.

Finding himself in a new and heavily-shadowed Land of the Heart, Arthur Pye has to help a girl, Amy, to leave her Abyss of Nil, where a massive swarm of lies has been holding her captive.The eight demons who have taken over her Land make every effort to thwart his plans to save her; and, when he tries to help her get rid of the lies by teaching her what is true, one of those demons snatches her away to the castle of the demon lord, where she is imprisoned.When she finally calls on the Game Master for help, her bodyguard angel appears and helps her to escape. But she then quickly falls into the clutches of one after another of the demons. She is even taught magic, only to be thrown into a trap because of it.Arthur, attempting to get her out of the fiendish labyrinth where she ends up being imprisoned, is himself blocked by the plots of the demons, and must fulfil a quest before being allowed to enter the place. But then, permission in hand, he is kidnapped by the entire team of demons, and sealed away.Will Amy find her way out of the labyrinth and make Game Master Jesus the lord of her Land in spite of the demons? Can Arthur finally get away from those demons and rescue her? Or will the demons succeed in their plot to crush Amy’s spirit and keep her for their own?

Laura, the Bichon Frise, My New Home, is an endearing story about how Laura is rescued and becomes a member of a new family. She overcomes fears of being in a new family, and learns to develop trust from her new owners. This is a wonderfully illustrated book that every child should read. It helps children realize that animals feel, think, and give love. Laura takes you on her journey into her new family as she realizes that she is loved. This is one of six books about Laura, her journeys, and lessons learned. Teresa R. Allen lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Teresa holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lyons College and a Master of Social Work from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Teresa has enjoyed writing stories and poems since she was 14 years old.Teresa’s first poem was published at the age of 17 in the Mammoth Spring Park Guide, entitled “Mammoth Spring.” She has had several poems published in the Thayer, Missouri, newspaper and in the Lyons College yearbook.

Dropped into Rick's Land of the Heart, Arthur discovers that Rick is hidden inside a castle with no way in. He endures a hellish seven-day ordeal so that the outer wall can be destroyed and he can haul the reluctant Rick out to play the Game Master's game.However, to get to the Mount of Omnia and win that game, Rick must find a way to deal with his Abyss of Nil, a vast sea of the lies he's made a part of his life. Although hounded by his consciencehe opts for his own quest, to persuade a great dragon to fly him over the Abyss instead of him walking through it; but the dragon, in exchange, wants a dark gem called the Heart of Darkness.With Arthur's help, Rick finds that gem, but is betrayed by the dragon, who throws him into the Abyss. Game Over.Is there any way for Arthur to reach Rick now? Or will Rick remain trapped by his lies within ... The Fortress With No Door?

Arthur Pye finds himself in Rick Hanneburg’s Land of the Heart; but where is Rick? Finally locating Rick’s fortress, Arthur is startled to discover that it has no way in—not a door or window in sight. Only after he performs a terrifying seven-day ritual does the outer wall come down and allow him to pull the reluctant Rick out to play his game.The game requires Rick to get to the Game Master on the Mount of Omnia; but that mountain is surrounded by the Abyss of Nil, which is filled with all the lies that he has made a part of his life. Even as his conscience hounds him about those lies, he latches onto an alternate quest, to seek out a dragon to carry him over the Abyss rather than go through it. In exchange, the dragon sends Rick out to seek a black gem it claims to yearn for called the Heart of Darkness. However, in the end the beast betrays Rick, throwing him into the Abyss, and bringing him to an abrupt ‘game over.’Will the Game Master be able to find a way to reach Rick now that he’s back in the real world? Or is Rick doomed to remain trapped in the lies that flood his Abyss of Nil?

Arthur finds himself in a deeply-shadowed Land of the Heart, where he finds a girl, Amy, a gamer herself, who is being held captive in her Abyss of Nil by a host of lies.Getting her out of the Abyss is easy; but keeping her out of the clutches of her demons is not. When she's free, he's in prison. When he's free, she's being tricked and deceived.When he is finally able to retrieve the precious Heart of Fire gem for her, she gains the hope of freeing her Land of the Heart from the power of the demons; but in the face of their schemes, will Amy finally be able to get ... Out of the Forest of Darkness?