But Jack is insistent-he’s real, the stories are real, and Filomena must come with him at once!Soon, Filomena is thrust into the world of evil fairies and beautiful princesses, sorcerers and slayers, where an evil queen drives her ruthless armies to destroy what is left of the Fairy tribes. She must be dreaming, or still reading a book.

But one day, when Filomena is walking home on her own, something strange happens.Filomena is being followed by Jack Stalker, one of the heroes in the Thirteenth Fairy, a series of books she loves about a brave girl and her ragtag group of friends who save their world from an evil enchantress. The sun shines every day, the grass is always a perfect green, and while her progressive school swears there’s no such thing as bullying, she still feels bummed out. Nothing ever happens in Filomena Jefferson-Cho’s sleepy little suburban town of North Pasadena. 'Narrator Imani Jade Powers sets a vibrant tone for this first audiobook in the middle-grade adventure series.Her clear delivery emphasizes the storytelling, which skillfully takes listeners from one suspenseful chapter to the next.' - AudioFile Magazine Real life and fairy tales collide in Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy, book one in the new middle-grade Never After series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Descendants series, Melissa de la Cruz. Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy Melissa De La Cruz But then a third grader delivers a scoop bigger than any of Adam's career, and only Adam can dig deep enough to crack through a cover-up that will rock the very foundations of Harris itself.įrom Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Michael Winerip, here is a first novel that delivers the rush of the newsroom, the adrenaline of a reporter on the trail of a hot story, and some keen insights into human nature-all with a lot of laughs. Between supervising know-it-all cub reporters and arguing with Principal Marris about which articles will 'propel the Good Ship Harris forward,' Adam worries he might lose it altogether. Then his friend Jennifer talks him into being co-editor of the Slash. When does a guy get time to just shoot some baskets anymore? Gladiator quiz bowl, jazz band, statewide test prep class-he's always running somewhere, and nine times out of ten, running late.

Nowadays he's also the most overprogrammed kid in America.

Adam Canfield of the Slash Michael Wineripįor years, Adam Canfield has been the number-one star reporter for the Harris Elementary/Middle School paper, the Slash.

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