Fractured

When Dereck Dillinger is swept away into a mystical world after his little sister, Jessie, mysteriously disappears at the carnival he is faced with many challenges in his quest to rescue her. He interacts with familiar story book and nursery rhyme characters and has to figure out the right answer to a riddle in order to evoke the magic of the crystal ball that is the key to finding their way home. Betrayed at every turn by those who claim to be his friends how can he ever hope to succeed?

When Dereck Dillinger is swept away into a mystical world after his little sister, Jessie, mysteriously disappears at the carnival he is faced with many challenges in his quest to rescue her. He interacts with familiar story book and nursery rhyme characters and has to figure out the right answer to a riddle in order to evoke the magic of the crystal ball that is the key to finding their way home. Betrayed at every turn by those who claim to be his friends how can he ever hope to succeed?

Eddie McPherson is a best-selling playwright with over 75 plays published in the educational and children's theatre markets. Some of his most popular works include Virgil's Wedding, Writing a Will Can be Murder, Once Upon a Tower and The Entire American Revolution (in 40 Minutes or Less). Dereck Dillinger and the Crystal Ball is his second book for children in the Fractured series, following Dereck Dillinger and the Shortcut to Oz. Visit him at www.eddiemcpherson.com