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Fantasy Fiction Novel for young people "Perdita's Parallel Universe" |
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| An Opportunity for Young Readers Become a Junior Assessor. If you are between the ages of 11 - 13 years and enjoy reading, email Joan Small for a copy of the manuscript, 'Perdita's Parallel Universe' to read and return your comments to Joan.
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‘Perdita's Parallel Universe’ is a story about Perdita, who is frustrated with her boring life, her pesky little twin sisters and her mother bossing her around. She is shunned by girls her age because she is different. She seeks escape in a fantasy world of books, and soon discovers that by blinking at her reflection she can teleport into a Parallel Universe where thoughts rule. She meets Rachel and Jaxon at a party, and takes them into her other world, where they have many adventures. When Perdita writes a story called 'How to Save the World' they decide to turn it into a quest. They rescue Rachel's brother Kyle from a bully gang, and then save one of the bullies, a girl named Jess, who has run away from home and is hiding out in a cave. They enlist the help of the school counselor, Mrs Brady, who becomes an ally. Meanwhile, Rachel’s parents have split up, and Perdita uses her Parallel Universe to help ‘glue the family back together’. Perdita's
parents decide she is becoming too unpredictable, and they make arrangements
for her to see a psychologist. She is furious, and takes into her
Parallel Universe all the children who were at Skye's party, as well
as the twenty fairies from her twin sisters' birthday party. The other
world becomes chaotic, and Perdita must work out how to beat Jaxon
in a joust and turn her upside down world around to make everything
right again. Look for this story so that you can discover more about the dangers and delights of Perdita's Parallel Universe, where thoughts become things. |
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A Testimonial from Kate, 12 years old. I would like to say Thank You very much for giving me the privilege of being the first person to read ‘Perdita’s Parallel Universe’. I must admit before I read your book, fantasy stories held little interest for me, but early on it was like my mind was transformed to a new way of thinking. Soon I became adapted to the story and was finding little times in my day to sit and just read and read. Not only was this a fantastic story, but it was like my imagination had come to life. If I ever have the opportunity to write a book I hope my book would make an impression on the reader as ‘Perdita’s Parallel Universe’ has had on me. Thank
you once again.
Thanks to Louise Cusack (centre) and her series of workshops for enabling me to complete 'Perdita's Parallel Universe, and to Logan Library for sponsoring the workshops. A Testimonial from Jen - Ever Young. I have just finished reading the story of Perdita's Universe..... and I wanted more..... awsome read.... I felt every single emotion that girl went through... every blink of an eye, every kick, every grain of sand, even the birthday parties.... but I actually hovered over the sandhills rather than ran with them, cause running over sand dunes is hard and breath-taking work, so I hovered... but overall... I loved it... great story, very vivid and utterly believable... this is the stuff I used to do when I was young, when I could walk on air, so totally magic Joan, it is really a wonderfull story, so vivid, so true to the heart of the reader... just marvellous... the story held my attention totally, and I couldn't wait to read more and more... LOVED IT.... Congratulations.... Jen Your writing flows and is easy to read and understand. ...Sue What
a fantastic story! What a great imagination you First off, I LOVED the poem. It created wonderful pictures in my head. Your story sounds absolutely marvellous. The characters are well-developed and Jaxon makes a great nemesis – friend and foe in one. I think it always creates an extra spark of feeling when the main character knows there is some good in the villain, despite their actions.... Rebecca Timmis, author. (on reading the synopsis) |
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