Books in Unicorn Tales series

Teddy Lyndhurst lives in "tornado alley," the part of the US that is most vulnerable to tornadoes. THey terrify him. At 9 years old, he lives in fear that a tornado will strike while he is at school and his parents are at work. One day when the tornado alarm sounds, he and his mother retreat to the storm cellar. Teddy hides in an old sleeping bag, but suddenly finds himself tranported to another world, one in which unicorns are real and kings and princes will honor a boy his age. Teddy is only there briefly that first time, but every time he has to take refuge from a storm, he finds himself back in the land of unicorns, where people's lives move more quickly than his own. After a tragedy when he turns 18, he must decide whether to stay in the land of the kingdom he has come to know well or return to the real world.

YOU ARE NOT GOD. YOU CANNOT PLAY LIKE THIS WITH CREATION! Who was the tall, red-haired stranger who came unbidden to the sleepy town, wielding strong magic and dark prophecy? To the people of the town and their rabbi he was a threat. They feared his magic and would not heed his warning - save Kicsi, who found herself irresistibly drawn to the mysterious stranger, to his presence and his wondrous tales.The rabbi rained curses down upon the magician s head and drove him from the town.A year later, the prophecies were fulfilled. Only a handful of people survived. For Kicsi, her head full of horrors, there was no reason to live, for no good or beauty remained for her in the world. Only the power of magic and life could effect her salvation. An impressive debut - a beautifully told, richly textured fantasy PUBLISHERS WEEKLY