Tiz Phoenix and the Witch’s Tree

MAGICAL MIDDLE-GRADE MAYHEM: Tears Will Be Shed, Plush Toys Will Be Hurled, And Somebody Might Get Hit In The Eye...

"Wow! What an experience. A feasible feast for the imagination, knitted together like the comfiest blanket. Definitely worth a read!" — five stars from Franjipani "majikrealms" on Amazon.com.

"I liked this idea because it really was different." — Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards.

Book Description:

Welcome to the Ascension: a dangerous race to climb the Witch’s Tree to unlock the secrets of its godlike power. Here are some quick race tips:

#1: Don’t be a snack for the creatures lurking on the gargantuan tree. Oh by the way, good luck with that.

#2: Beat every other climber to the top before they beat you silly.

#3: Enter the Tower of Thorns with a full spell book, your best set of nunchucks, and every single vial of pepper spray ever made.

#4: Survive.

Think Harry Potter meets Hunger Games lite in this middle-grade mash-up of deadly competition, fantasy adventure and supernatural mystery...

But first, warm your hands by the fire as this book brings you right into its own cozy version of the Shire at the beginning, so that you may become acquainted with the characters before they face the dangers to come...

Fans of Percy Jackson will also enjoy this inspiring story of heroic perseverance against the impossible...

(A Contemporary Fantasy Adventure/Humorous Mystery, ages 9 & up)

When life gives Tiz Phoenix lemons, she hunts life down and kicks it in the shin. Afterwards, she juices those lemons then plants the seeds. She’s a tree nymph. And that’s what tree nymphs do to survive in a modern society that keeps stretching across our Earth.

Now that Tiz is thirteen, she’s counting down the seconds to a tree nymph rite of passage that would grant her an object of immense power. With it, she could save her woodland home and reach her goal of protecting all things good and green.

That is, if she doesn’t get grounded first.

The day before the rite, Tiz stumbles upon a pamphlet that her mother unwittingly dropped — her mom wants to banish her to a military academy for magical beings that lies in the farthest corner of the universe. Unlike other mystical schools that young witches and warlocks desperately want to get into, Tiz would rather run for the hills to stay out.

However, her attempts to avoid going could lead her into an even bigger mess — a mystery involving a monstrous green tree of legendary evil.

(Please note that this is a complete novel — no cliffhanger)

Book Characteristics/Categories: Action and Adventure, Children’s and Kids’ Books, Chapter Books, Teen and Young Adult, Coming of Age, Cozy Animal Mystery, Factions and Competitions, Fantasy and Magic, Fairy Tales,Norse Myths, Gods and Monsters (Dragon-Hydras, Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies), Humorous Stories, Paranormal and Urban, Superheroes, Supernatural Mystery, Sword and Sorcery, Women Sleuths, Witches and Warlocks and Wizards