Books with author VANESSA LUFF

As the flashlight gleamed in the darkness, something caught Jenny's eye. She knelt on the floor against one of the bookshelves, feeling in the darkness for the glass marble. Then Charlie pulled a rather thick book with gold binding from a shelf, and that's when it happened. Sid, Veronica, Charlie, and Jenny thought they were spending the summer with their aunt Essie, but the powerful magic of a mysterious marble sends them on a mystical and perilous journey back in time. On the unknown land of Orvonna they meet a talking bird named Whizz, who tells them of the dangerous quest of his master, Lord Nicholas Carrington, to rescue his true love from Captain Scarfacethe most evil of pirates. Marble Magic takes readers into a world where animals talk, pirates sail the seven seas, and anyone can be a hero. Can the children help Lord Carrington fight pirates and rescue his love? Will they ever return home again? Only the magic marble knows.