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Books in The Seldith Chronicles series

  • The Autobiography of Santa Claus: A Revised Edition of the Christmas Classic

    Jeff Guinn

    Paperback (TarcherPerigee, Oct. 19, 2006)
    It all started when Jeff Guinn was assigned to write a piece full of little-known facts about Christmas for his paper, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A few months later, he received a call from a gentleman who told him that he showed the story to an important friend who didn’t think much of it. And who might that be? asked Jeff. The next thing he knew, he was whisked off to the North Pole to meet with this “very important friend,” and the rest is, well, as they say, history.An enchanting holiday treasure, The Autobiography of Santa Claus combines solid historical fact with legend to deliver the definitive story of Santa Claus. And who better to lead us through seventeen centuries of Christmas magic than good ol’ Saint Nick himself? Families will delight in each chapter of this new Christmas classic—one per each cold December night leading up to Christmas!
  • The Owl Wrangler

    William R. Vaughn

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Oct. 9, 2013)
    When the Seldith clan’s Owl Wrangler mysteriously disappears, his son Hisbil, a teenage forest elf no taller than a mushroom, must take on this perilous duty or face exile from the clan. Desperately trying to clear his father’s name, Hisbil gets help from his pesky little sister, who’s almost learned to heal with a touch; a pretty and clairvoyant classmate, who knows what's on Hisbil's mind before he does; and a mysterious exiled clansman, whose motives are far from pure. Armed with little more than a wand and a spell he’s never used, Hisbil and his Seldith cohorts endure a harrowing odyssey of danger, deception, and battle until Hisbil finally discovers the real truth about his calling, his father and the Seldith clan. The Owl Wrangler is the first book in the trilogy followed by Guardians of the Sacred Seven and Quest for The Truth. It’s a delightful story loved by young and old that weaves a compelling story about our times and a society that worships The Truth.
  • Long Night Dance

    Betsy James

    Mass Market Paperback (Simon Pulse, Aug. 23, 2005)
    Sixteen-year-old Kat, child of a scandalous, disastrous marriage between a Hill woman and an Upslope man, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize a person's value does not come from his background nor appearance. Reprint.
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  • Dark Heart

    Betsy James

    Mass Market Paperback (Simon Pulse, Nov. 22, 2005)
    Seventeen-year-old Kat's struggle to learn the ways of her dead mother's people in the hill country is complicated by her failure in the bear ceremony, a spiritual rite of passage, and her attraction to the blind outcast Raim. By the author of Long Night Dance. Reprint.
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  • Listening at the Gate

    Betsy James

    Hardcover (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, March 7, 2006)
    After returning home from a self-imposed exile to avoid a forced arranged marriage, Kat finds her homeland involved in a dangerous war and so turns to Nall, a man who appeared to her from the depths of the ocean, for help in saving her brother and restoring peace to the place she loves.
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  • The Owl Wrangler

    William R. Vaughn

    Paperback (Beta V, July 28, 2011)
    When the Seldith clan’s Owl Wrangler mysteriously disappears, his son Hisbil, a teenage forest elf no taller than a mushroom, must take on this perilous duty or face exile from the clan. Desperately trying to clear his father’s name, Hisbil gets help from his pesky little sister, who’s almost learned to heal with a touch; a pretty and clairvoyant classmate, who knows what's on Hisbil's mind before he does; and a mysterious exiled clansman, whose motives are far from pure. Armed with little more than a wand and a spell he’s never used, Hisbil and his Seldith cohorts endure a harrowing odyssey of danger, deception and battle until Hisbil finally discovers the real truth about his calling, his father and the Seldith clan. The Owl Wrangler is the first book in the trilogy followed by Guardians of the Sacred Seven. It’s a delightful story loved by young and old that weaves a compelling story about our times and a society that worships The Truth.
  • History's Greatest Military Mistakes Close Up

    Bill Lucas

    Library Binding (Rosen Young Adult, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Examines some of history's military blunders, providing background, what happened, and how it went wrong.
  • The Sara Chronicles: Book 2 Evolution of Us

    Laura E Hughes, End2End Books, Neil Randall

    Paperback (Silverfair, Aug. 17, 2017)
    What happens when magical powers can't be turned off? A year after restoring the balance of good and evil to the magical Land of the Keepers, young Sara, James, and Thomas are laying low-living separately to protect them from the vanquished members of Garren that they helped defeat. But it's not the only danger they face. Suddenly, the magical powers they possess begin to possess them. Sara's the first to notice: her powers now include the ability to control weather. But as she begins to use them, the powers run amok, leaving a trail of freak snowstorms and record heat waves. Meanwhile, people around them are mysteriously disappearing-simply vanishing into thin air. Now, the three of them must reunite in the Land of the Keepers to learn to control their awesome powers and fix whatever is stealing people away. It is there they discover there is much more to their enemy, the hate-filled Garren, than they realized. The battle is just beginning; and before it is over, someone will have to pay a very high price to keep several worlds safe. Packed with adventure, this second entry in The Sara Chronicles is a fast-paced and savvy fantasy thriller that will keep you guessing right up until the shocking finale.
  • The Sehret Chronicles: The Follower

    C. F. Barrows

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Nov. 7, 2012)
    Three hundred years ago, the Rhenor nation split into two, the Reshan and the Khanor. One dwells in the Outerlands, the other in the mountains - and although the nations have made peace, their people have not. One fateful day, two small patrols meet in an outer cave in Khanor territory. The youths, spurred by mutual distrust, brawl, and the ensuing cave-in cuts off their main routes back to both the Reshan and the Khanor civilizations. Their only choice is to join forces and follow the one remaining tunnel - one that runs through an area known simply as the Forbidden Regions - to find their way back to their homes. Along the way, the beliefs of every traveler are put to the test, and the secrets of a few may threaten the safety of all. For as they go, Lusefar, lord of the Saethen, sends his agents against them, licking his lips as a ravenous dragon.
  • History's Greatest Pilots Close Up

    David Curnock

    Library Binding (Rosen Young Adult, Aug. 1, 2015)
    Profiles history's greatest pilots, discussing their lives, training, planes, and legacies.
  • Return of the Matka-Zem

    DJ Chanley

    (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Aug. 24, 2014)
    Exiled from Sora with her memory removed, Princess Valencia has been imprisoned in the Canadian Rockies Mountains for ten years. With the death of her Keeper, she flees the compound, with an intergalactic bounty hunter close on her heels. Aided by Thane, from the warrior race called Mlinzi (Guardian), Valencia learns she is the Matka-Zem, a deity with the ability to heal the dying world of Sora. Sworn to protect The Matka-Zem, Thane was the princess’s guard before her exile. Injured during their escape from the compound, he woke to find him bonded to the Matka-Zem and only his death could free her. Ready to sacrifice his life for the princess, he must safely deliver Valencia to the Torpek golden city of Kota Emas, before he could confront his fate.
  • The Elder Chronicles: The Legend of Red Hawk

    Robyn Kelly

    Paperback (Robyn Kelly, July 16, 2015)
    Sam Archer was looking forward to his last day with the Tucson Police Department prior to retiring. Tucson was suffering under a deluge from summer storms and accompanying traffic crashes. Among the storms he finds a young girl walking naked down a major highway. The girl doesn’t want to communicate with Sam, so he takes her to the Tucson hospital where his wife, Joanne, is employed in the mental health department. Joanne discovers that the girl isn’t human just as the girl’s mother shows up at the hospital with the sheriff of the local Indian reservation. Joanne releases the girl to her mother, but is intrigued and attempts to follow up on the reservation. She learns that the only way she can meet with the girl or her mother is to become a tribal shaman. Joanne accepts the challenge and is suddenly faced with a program of training and tests that costs her job and places her life in serious danger. When she surprises everyone and becomes a shaman, she comes face-to-face with the Elder community and finds that things may not be what the seem.