The Welcome Sign

By Barbara Jean Weber

Overview


When Molly Parnell's grandmother mysteriously disappears she and her mother travel to Cape Cod to take ownership of the house they inherited and find out answers about the sudden disappearance. But what they discover could be more dangerous and life changing than they ever imaged. Molly and her mother find a beautiful mermaid welcome sign in the attic and place it on the front door. Unusual things start to happen and they are flooded with visitors who claim they knew the grandmother. The true powers behind the mysterious sign are revealed as Molly learns her grandmother was part of a secret organization working to keep balance between the magical realm and the real world. The magical realms placed an invisible veil of secrecy over the world to hide their true identities from the human world but allowing them to live among them in secret. An angry rebel group of magical beings, tired of living in hiding is tearing down and destroying the magical cloaking fabric between the two worlds. If they are not stopped the magical realm will no longer be safe from the world. As Molly and her mom embark on a dangerous and magical adventure throughout the magical realms to help stop the rebels, she learns of her own magical powers and her strong family heritage connected to the welcome sign. Along the way, she teams up with new magical friends helping to keep the realm of magic safe from the eyes of the world and discovers that her grandmother was right all along. The world she thought she knew no longer exists, but an amazing world of magic woven into their world has always been hiding in plain sight.
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Description


When 10-year-old Molly Parnell's grandmother mysteriously disappears, she and her mother travel to Cape Cod to take ownership of her house and to get answers about the sudden disappearance. In the attic, they find a beautiful mermaid welcome sign and decide to place it on the front door. Soon they are flooded with strange visitors who claim they knew Molly's grandmother—and discover she was part of a secret organization working to keep balance between the magical realm and the real world. An angry rebel group of magical beings, tired of living in hiding, is tearing down the fabric between the two worlds. If they are not stopped, the magical realm will no longer be safe. As Molly embarks with her mom on a dangerous adventure throughout the magical realms to stop the rebels, she learns of her own magical powers and her family heritage connected to the welcome sign. Along the way, she teams up with new magical friends and discovers that her grandmother was right all along: the world she thought she knew no longer exists, but an amazing world of magic has always been hiding in plain sight. The first in a potential middle-grade series, THE WELCOME SIGN will appeal to readers who like books with hidden magical realms, characters with magical powers and a quest to save the world from evil.
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About The Author


Barbara Jean Weber is a fresh face in the world of fictional fantasy. When she's not writing about magical places or daring adventures, Barbara is a Speech Pathologist by day. She lives with her husband and two daughter in beautiful Skagit County, Washington.
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Book details

  • Genre:young adult fiction
  • Sub-genre:Magical Realism
  • Age Range (years):13 and up
  • Language:English
  • Series Title:The Welcome Sign
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:224
  • eBook ISBN:9798350987294
  • Paperback ISBN:9798350987287