The Empress of Otherworld

by Corey Michael Dalton, Gentleman G.

Overview

When recently orphaned Hap awakens on his 11th birthday to find that his 104-year-old Great Aunt Benny has forgotten all about his special day, he is hurt. Hurt and angry. So, he decides to explore the one part of her gigantic, rickety, old house that is off limits to him—the Colonel’s Study. In that attic room he sets off a trapdoor that drops him into Otherworld, a fantastic realm made up of many countries, including Oz, Neverland, and Wonderland. In this strange new world Hap must join forces with three super-powered kids—Dorothy Gale, Peter Pan, and Alice Liddell—to overthrow Prospera, the ruthless Empress of Otherworld. As Hap and his new friends battle spider-vultures, trollsons, and the shadowy assassin Peter Panic, he discovers a possible (but dangerous) way home as well as clues to unlocking his very own super-power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543912890
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	10/31/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	716 KB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Corey Michael Dalton has had his writing published in various journals and magazines including The Saturday Evening Post, Punchnel's, Axolotl, and So It Goes. He also edited and contributed to Mythic Indy, a collection of fantastical short stories about his hometown of Indianapolis. He holds a B.A. in English writing from DePauw University and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Butler University. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, a book editor, a magazine editor, the prose editor for a literary journal, a medical writer, and a blogger—but not, alas, a logger.

Editorial Reviews

… clever, whimsical, and confident, featuring delightfully off-kilter characters in smartly silly situations.” —NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR BEN H. WINTERS

“I can’t wait for book two. More flying moles, please!” —JESIKA ST CLAIR, SENIOR EDITOR OF THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

“Filled with marvels and invention. I was swept away from page one.” —JENNIFER BINGHAM, EDITOR FOR WILEY PUBLISHING

“It’s like The Avengers but with heroes from classic kids’ stories. I love it!” —HEATHER KAUFFMAN-PETERS, FORMER EDITOR OF JACK AND JILL

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