Kristen Marquette
Author
Down the Wishing Well
The Wishing Well Trilogy
Book One: Down the Wishing Well
Book Two: The Wish Thief
Book Three: The Wish Apprentice
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For anyone who has ever wished upon a penny.
When their mom falls deathly ill, Kitsy and Teddy McGullen have only one hope: the town's wishing well. At the bottom of the well dwells a magical land where wishes really do come true. All they have to do is deliver their wish to the Wish Granters—a task easier said than done. On their journey, brother and sister evade gold-crazed mermaids, befriend fearsome woodwoses, out-smart an evil elf prince, and master a haunted labyrinth as well as themselves.
A Seymour Christmas:
A Ghost Story
What's the holidays without a few uninvited guests?
Welcome to 203 Seymour Street. Hardwood floors. A big old turret. A fireplace in every room. And ghosts. Yes, you heard that right—ghosts. And not just any ghosts either. These particular spooks only come out during the month of December. Nothing like ghosts popping out of your presents or a poltergeist tossing the ham around the dining room like a football to ruin Christmas. But for twelve-year-old Travis Zolecki living with ghosts isn’t so bad. Sure, there are flickering lights, strange smells, and things have a tendency to move all by themselves, but making friends and dealing with bullies at his new school is much more daunting. However, as December 25th nears, the spirits’ antics go from mischievous to dangerous. Now with the help of his oh-so-perfect sister and his new friends, Travis must undercover what the spirits want or else he might not live to see Christmas morning.
The Mysteries of
Ravenrock
It's not camp; it's survival.
Twelve-year-old Remy LeRoux would argue that she’s the very definition of a good kid. She gets good grades, visits her grandmother after school every day, and even runs her very own dog walking service. But when she makes one little mistake—okay, one pretty big mistake—her dad ships her off to Metamorphosis Wilderness Camp for Troubled Youths.
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The ferry shuttling Remy and her fellow campers across Lake Michigan goes down in a storm, stranding the kids on the deserted island of Ravenrock. The kids quickly learn that something's not quite right on the island. There are cryptic messages carved into stones. A crocodile-infested lake. And the lighthouse keeper's cottage is haunted. Not to mention that there is an eerie lack of ravens for an island names Ravenrock.
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Not only does Remy have to survive in the wilderness, but if she and the other campers want to return home, they must solve the island''s mysteries.
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The Monster Wars:
The Battle of Sycamore Street
The Monster Wars Saga
Book One: The Battle of Sycamore Street
Book Two: The Battle of the Underrealms
Book Three: The Final Battle
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Just when you thought middle school couldn't get any rougher.
Junior high has ruined Colt Kingsley’s life. He has hardly any classes with his friends. Bullies have turned his name into a joke. And he is slowly losing one best friend to the football team and the other to the popular crowd. Just when he thinks things can’t get any worse, a kid down the street almost dies in a freak midnight accident—except it may not have been an accident at all. Rumor claims that it was an attack. Not by an intruder or an animal, but by the thing that lives under his bed. That’s what Colt’s little sister, Talia, believes. However, twelve-year-old Colt is way too old to believe in monsters. At least until he wakes up to one lurking in the shadows of his own bedroom.
Now Colt and his friends must band together to find a way to stop the monsters and save their neighborhood.
The Library of Keeping
Some magic can only be found in books.
The Library of Reading houses books.
The Library of Amusement houses books brought to life by magic.
The Library of Keeping is a prison.
Only a select few are allowed to browse the shelves of the Library of Keeping, and tonight Josette Kissling is to be one of them. Her father is the Secretary of Order, and he has graciously allowed her to tag along on his urgent business. A prison book has mysteriously expanded, and prisoner 398.21 has gone missing in the new pages.
Josette’s excitement quickly turns to fear when the prisoner breaks out of her book. Rhys’sana Baatar is the most dashing and dazzling person she has ever seen. She is also a convicted murderer. Convicted murderer turned kidnapper when she steals Jo into her book.
The inside of the book is not what Josette was expecting. Cozy cottages and wild cosmos. Sunken treasure and pet dragons. Rhys isn’t what she expected either. Neither is the brewing attraction between them.
With her freedom, her reputation, and her family name on the line, Josette must decide what she’s willing to risk in order to be with the girl she loves.
The Darkness Come Alive
Just your average monster-slayer with boy problems.
Jewel Marino is on her very first babysitting job. It’s going pretty well, too, at least until the world ends. Demons, a science experiment gone wrong, aliens, no one knows where the creatures came from, but they manage to drive humankind to the brink of extinction in a single night, and now they prowl the midnight hours waiting to finish the job.
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Before the world ended, Jewel was a friendless loser, desperate to be liked. Afterwards, she becomes the ax-wielding, monster-slaying badass she always knew she secretly was. She bands together with a handful of other survivors, including Felix. He’s her best friend. Her family. And her crush.
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When things go sideways on a supply run, a group of strangers end up saving their lives. However, one of them isn’t a stranger at all. It’s just her luck that the boy who bullied her all through school would survive the apocalypse. Zayn. Except he’s no longer looking at her like she’s a curly-haired, big-nosed loser. Now Jewel not only has to survive each night, but figure out which boy her heart truly wants.
Works in Progress
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The Wandering Apothecary--Adult Cozy Fantasy, Grumpy/Sunshine friendship, Found family
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The Floating Cities of Empyrean--Young Adult Sci-fi. Found Family