Cuttlefish Island -- a grand island full of sand, palm trees, sand, rocks, sand, dirt, and sand...
...But it’s all that 12-year-old Geel Fisher has known. He longs to sail to the grander islands, but how can he ignore his community's warning about the danger abroad? When a magician in need of help lands on the tiny island, Geel feels he must go. Besides, he’ll only be away for a day.
Alchemist Gawny and Healer Elma soon join Geel and the magician, and -- with the addition of the Princess and the Warrior Boy -- they soon have an entire band of eccentric adventurers. But the fun doesn’t last for long...
“I don’t sit down to write for any particular age group. In my mind, I’m writing for everyone. As I see it, I don’t write for kids, I write about kids.”
The spirit behind these words of Jerry Spinelli is the driving force behind my writing style; I write the adventure that I would love to read now, but through the medium of children’s literature. I think that this helps to create a lasting story for all ages.
Complete at 85,000 words, this classical fantasy novel is character driven and written from the Christian worldview.