THE CHRONICLES OF GWENDOLYN GRAY
What if your imagination could come to life?
What if you couldn't control it?
Gwendolyn Gray faces an overwhelming battle every day: keeping her imagination under control. It’s a struggle for a dreamer like Gwendolyn, in a city of identical gray skyscrapers, clouds that never clear, and grown-ups who never understand.
But when her daydreams come alive and run amok in The City, the struggle to control them becomes as real as the furry creatures infesting her bedroom. Worse yet, she’s drawn the attention of the Faceless Gentlemen, who want to preserve order in The City by erasing Gwendolyn and her troublesome creations.
With the help of two explorers from another world, Gwendolyn escapes into a steampunk adventure novel. Now Gwendolyn and a ragtag gang of airship pirates have to find a way to harness her powers and save both worlds from being erased.
"A fresh consideration of the power of imagination; hand this to kids with vivid minds of their own." -School Library Journal
"The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray is a fantastic, whimsical, and thoroughly satisfying book. Crossing multiple worlds and filled with pirates, steampunk-style gadgetry, magic, and a wonderfully creepy nemesis, the story is highly original and entertaining." -Foreword Reviews
Saving the world is one thing.
Changing it is another story...
Gwendolyn Gray knows this better than anyone. She faces a new darkness within herself—with no help or comfort from her friends Sparrow and Starling. When the Faceless Gentlemen return to menace her again, Gwendolyn escapes to the lands of the Fae.
But even the dreamlike Faeoria holds dangers that even she could never have imagined. Gwendolyn must learn to master her magic and manage her bipolar disorder if she ever hopes to defeat the villainous forces that control the City, find Sparrow and Starling, and save the people she loves.
"Gwendolyn’s cycles between depression and mania are foregrounded as elements of her wonderful personality, rather than as mere impediments to her success." -Foreword Reviews
"When it comes to children’s entertainment, there’s always two categories: the stuff kids will like and the stuff grown-ups want them to like. It’s a rare work that fits into both, yet Gwendolyn Gray does so with ease." -Urban Fantasy Magazine
Heroes Never Return Unchanged...
Two years ago, Gwendolyn Gray saved the City. But she lost her powers, her parents, and even her hair. So while the rest of the City is reveling in its newfound freedom, Gwendolyn has spent two years balancing work and school while dodging the clutches of the Home for Unclaimed Children, which hasn't been great for her bipolar disorder.
So when a school bully and a vengeful faerie bring her carefully constructed lies crashing down around her, Gwendolyn seizes the chance to travel through the realms of story again. Now she must find the world where her parents are hidden, no matter what vampire queens, dystopian overlords, and eldritch horrors stand in her way way.
Growing up isn't all it's cracked up to be.