Originally an anthropologist, this author discovered her passion for writing for children around the age of ten. After years of academic work and fieldwork in South India, she delved into the world of children's fantasy. Her stories, filled with humor and adventure, are aimed at children aged 7-10 but also appeal to adult readers.
Join Jem and Dora, Simon and Cat again as they hunt for the sea amber - the final piece of deep amber - which they must locate before the evil Lord Ravenglass can find it. If it falls into the wrong hands, the owner could forge a powerful crown of amber, use it to rule and destroy the World Tree ...
A rift has opened . . . Worlds are colliding . . . Could mysterious substance deep amber be the source of all the chaos? It's down to modern-world siblings Cat and Simon to join forces with apprentice witch Dora and castle mischief- maker Jem to investigate.
Simon and Cat are stuck in the modern world, determined to find their way to the kingdom - but it soon becomes more dangerous than they could have imagined. Should they try and follow him to the mysterious Empire of Akkad, where there might be dragons . . . ?
"Max Pendragon is probably the worst squire in King Arthur's kingdom -- he'd much rather train to be a wizard instead. So when he accidentally invents a spell that turns people into frogs, it seems his wish might come true. But events take an unexpected turn when Max enters the Novices' Spell-Making Competition and find himself helping Merlin fight an evil sorceress. There's no way Max's unpredictable frogspell could be of any use. Or is there ...?"--Page 4 of cover