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By Amelie Locke
Renfield Academy
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An illustrated middle grade novel following a boy adrift on a storm-damaged boat: a story of survival, courage, and the quiet power of hope.
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Elena grew up in a household where denial was the primary coping mechanism. Her father was an alcoholic who everyone pretended was fine. Her mother maintained a fiction of normalcy with exhausting precision. Elena learned early that reality is what you agree not to see.
She was recruited by The Threshold at 26, identified during a psychological screening for a government contractor position. The screener noticed something unusual: Elena could describe inconsistencies in witness testimonies with uncanny accuracy. She could see when stories didn't fit. The Threshold recognized this as latent Doubter potential and offered her a choice: join them, or forget they existed.
She chose to see.
Twelve years later, she's one of their most effective field coordinators. She's contained seventeen breaches, managed over two hundred witness modifications, and written three protocols still in active use. She's also slowly disappearing. Each year, the world feels less real. Colors seem slightly desaturated. Conversations feel scripted. She tells herself it's just the job. She doesn't believe herself.
Her marriage ended four years ago. David couldn't understand why she was always distant, always watching, never fully present. She couldn't explain that she'd forgotten how to stop analyzing reality long enough to live in it. She got custody of Maya and relocated to the Pacific Northwest—officially for remote monitoring duty, unofficially to escape.
TREASURE ISLAND
TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER
If sailor tales to sailor tunes,
Storm and adventure, heat and cold,
If schooners, islands, and maroons,
And buccaneers, and buried gold,
And all the old romance, retold
Exactly in the ancient way,
Can please, as me they pleased of old,
The wiser youngsters of today:
--So be it, and fall on! If not,
If studious youth no longer crave,
His ancient appetites forgot,
Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave,
Or Cooper of the wood and wave:
So be it, also! And may I
And all my pirates share the grave
Where these and their creations lie!
Adventures of the Axolotl
In the shimmering underwater world of Nymara, where coral cities glow and forgotten magic hums beneath the tides, one small axolotl with an oversized sense of curiosity keeps stumbling into the kinds of adventures most creatures only whisper about.
Known for being both adorably unbothered and unintentionally heroic, this axolotl has a knack for drifting into mysteries, uncovering ancient secrets, and befriending creatures others fear. Whether exploring hidden lagoons, solving oceanic capers, or venturing into trenches no one dares to enter, each tale follows their gentle bravery, boundless wonder, and occasionally chaotic luck.
Across the saga, the axolotl learns that even the tiniest ripple can change the entire sea - and that courage often looks like simply showing up, asking questions, and choosing kindness in the face of the unknown.
From glowing reefs to shadowed depths, each book dives into a new corner of the oceanic realm, weaving together magic, exploration, friendship, and the quiet perseverance of a creature who never quite realizes they’re the hero of their own story.
The Faerie Godfather
Miriam Lockhart never believed in faeries—until they killed her.
Now trapped in the faerie realm as a wandering spirit (and none too happy about it), Miriam must discover her unfinished business or remain a ghost forever. Her only guide is a Death Raven named Lucky I-Ain’t-You, whose record of escorting souls to the Great Beyond stands at, well, zero.
Fates intertwined, the duo enters the realm of the Family LeFae, a riffraff band of faerie criminals locked in a brutal struggle against an oppressive monarchy. It’s only when Miriam sees her own misfortune mirrored in others that her heart undergoes an even bigger transformation. A dangerous deal is struck with Death incarnate to try and break the chains of the enslaved faerie folk. But it may cost Miriam the one thing she set out to save: her soul.
Dark humor meets genuine heart in this haunting fantasy comparable to Adam Gitwitz’ A Tale Dark and Grimm or Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events.
Summer of Secrets
Seventeen-year-old Sam Martinez spends the summer working at his family's lakeside resort, expecting another boring season of cleaning cabins and avoiding tourists. But when a mysterious guest arrives with a secret that connects to Sam's own family history, he's drawn into a web of lies, love, and long-buried truths that will change everything he thought he knew about himself.
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