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Display: Jessica Day George at the Children's Book Festival

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By DeeDee
The Provo Library Children's Book Festival is coming up on May 5th.  We are totally excited to welcome Jessica Day George as our feature author for the event.  She will be speaking about her new book, The Rose Legacy, which is coming out in May. Why not put a hold on it today! While you are waiting, read one of her other amazing middle grade series.

Dragon Slippers
(Dragon Slippers #1)
Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2007. fiction. 324 p.
Orphaned by a fever epidemic young Creel makes a bargain with a dragon for a seemingly simple pair of blue slippers. But these aren't just ordinary shoes. They can be used to save Creel's kingdom or destroy it.

Dragon Flight
(Dragon Slippers #2)
Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2008. fiction. 262 p.
Young seamstress Creel finds herself strategizing with the dragon king Shardas once again when a renegade dragon in a distant country launches a war against their country, bringing an entire army of dragons into the mix.

Dragon Spear
(Dragon Slippers #3)
Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2009. fiction. 248 p.
Creel's adventures continue when she, her brother, and her betrothed travel across the seas to visit their dragon friends and become involved in a battle against an alien group of dragons that has kidnapped Queen Velika, endangering her and her expected litter of hatchlings.

Rose Legacy
(to be released May 1, 2018)
Bloomsbury Children’s Books. fiction. 272 p.
When orphaned Anthea Cross-Thornley receives a letter from a long-lost uncle, she wonders if she will finally find a true home. But she is shocked to learn that her uncle secretly breeds horses--animals that have been forbidden in her kingdom for centuries. More alarming is Anthea's strange ability to sense the horses' thoughts and feelings, an ancient gift called The Way. Confused and terrified, Anthea is desperate to leave, but when her family and kingdom are put at risk, can she embrace The Way and the exciting future it might bring her?

Tuesdays in the Castle
(Castle Glower #1)
Bloomsbury, 2012.fiction.228 p.
Eleven-year-old Princess Celie lives with her parents, the king and queen, and her brothers and sister at Castle Glower, which adds rooms or stairways or secret passageways most every Tuesday, and when the king and queen are ambushed while travelling, it is up to Celie--the castle's favorite--with her secret knowledge of its never-ending twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom.

Wednesdays in the Tower
(Castle Glower #2)
Bloomsbury, 2013. fiction. 229 p.
After discovering a giant egg in the magical Castle Glower, Princess Celie agrees to care for the egg and whatever creature it hatches.

Thursdays with the Crown
(Castle Glower #3)
Bloomsbury, 2014. fiction. 229 p.
Castle Glower's towers have transported Princess Celie, her siblings, and her pet griffin, Rufus, to an unknown land. As they set out on a dangerous adventure to discover their whereabouts, they find an entire lost people, divided by the wishes of two wizards in a centuries-old quarrel over their beloved home--Castle Glower.

Fridays with the Wizards
(Castle Glower #4)
Bloomsbury, 2016. fiction. 224 p.
When the dangerous ancient wizard Arkwright escapes the dungeon and goes missing within the Castle, Princess Celie must find the wizard and save her family.

Saturdays at Sea
(Castle Glower #5)
Bloomsbury, 2017. fiction. 262 p.
After traveling to the seaside kingdom of Lilah's betrothed prince, Lulath, Celie and her companions are busy training griffins, enjoying wedding festivities, and finishing construction of a grand ship built from parts of the Castle. But on their maiden voyage, the Ship steers them far off course into uncharted waters.

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