Winner of the Idaho Writers League Book of the Year Award 2018.
Moon Daughter Rising ReleasesAnnalee’s dad went missing and no one is doing anything about it.
The police say he abandoned her, but Annalee knows better. Her aunt and uncle make her promise not to look for him, especially in the woods behind their family cabin for fear she’ll go missing, too.
When she finds her father’s trail, she breaks a promise and tells a lie, hoping she can save him. Doing so attracts Wimpa the abominable ice witch, who chases Annalee into their tribe’s spirit world. Though she doesn’t know it yet, Annalee holds the third Wonderstone, the only possession her father left behind. The crescent-shaped talisman could give Wimpa control over World Above the Sky and the ability to open the ancient ways to the Earth.
Annalee must seek help from an ancient grandmother and her spirit guides to grapple with her newfound moon magic and rescue her father and a grandfather she’s never known from their icy prison. Is she fails, World Above the Sky will fall to Wimpa and the gateways will be open for evil spirits to roam Earth. But if she destroys Wimpa, her father and grandfather stay locked in ice forever. Outsmarting Wimpa will take, courage, honesty, and somehow mastering the power of the Moon Daughter rising within.
A beautiful weaving of fiction, MicMac tribe legends, and some moral truths we all must face.
“I don’t think you can have too many cool magical creatures in a children’s fantasy book, and you have plenty!”
-Russell Pike, Author of Under the Nine Suns Series
“It’s surprising, funny, violent and awesome!”
Coen S., Nine-Year-Old Beta Reader