A World So Close - The Series

A World So Close

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Here, you will find my books for younger readers, including the coming of age series A World So Close, plus the two new family sci-fi adventures, which are written for younger readers but are complex enough to delight older readers too—even adults!

The A World So Close series is dedicated to “All who face challenges and learn to believe in themselves. Find what no one else can find, in a world that only you and your best friend can see. Look inside your heart.”

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Cover image for Book 1 Jayden Blue and The Sword in his Shadow

Jayden Blue and the Sword in His Shadow is Book One in the series A World So Close. This series of middle-grade stories is dedicated to all who face challenges and learn to believe in themselves.

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The story:

Jayden Blue spends his mornings trying to sneak out of the house before Hex and Halo can pounce on him. His best friend, Raylene Hawkins, who lives next door, always waits with him on his porch for the school bus to pick them up.

One morning, he notices something no one else does: nobody seems able to see that they’re all missing part of the world. Or maybe it’s another world? Whatever it is, no one can even talk about it—not even him.

While dreading having to give a report in front of his English class, Jayden also finds a passageway to a place he’d never imagined could exist. With the help of Hex and Halo, Jayden and Raylene explore that world, one very close but still, unseen by anyone else.

And in that world, he finds something. Something waiting there just for him. And it’s just what he needs.

Falling into the Distance – Book 1 of the series Mansion of Ghosts and Gold

“Why call it depth perception? Because you can fall there!” A lighthearted family sci-fi adventure!

Dancing on an Echo – Book 2 of the series Mansion of Ghosts and Gold

“Did the crow’s mind play a game and judge it to be merely an echo?” The adventures continue!

Reaching for a Moonray – Book 3 of the series Mansion of Ghosts and Gold.

“I saw them in the moon’s light, and I sensed them all grasping, reaching for a moonray.”

Series: A World So Close, where hearts and imaginations run hand in hand. Journey along with Jayden Blue and Raylene Hawkins as they and Jayden’s cats, Hex and Halo, find and explore a world that’s close, but no one else can see it.

Jayden Blue and the Gift to Imagine – A Prequel

It’s a gift that he might never have imagined. But it’s just the gift that he needed.

 

Jayden Blue and the Sword in His Shadow – Book 1

In that World So Close, he finds something. Something waiting there just for him. And it’s just what he needs.

 

Jayden Blue and the Call of the Wings – Book 2

Jayden understands the call of the crow’s wings, and running, for him, is never the same.

 

Jayden Blue and the Lair of the Iron Lions – Book 3

The Iron Lions, though fierce and fearless, are also in need of help from Jayden and Raylene.

 

Jayden Blue and the Journey to Val ka-Yoom – Book 4

Jayden and Raylene were asked by the Iron Lions to help with a conflict with Val ka’Yoom.

 

Jayden Blue and the Forest of Night Fallen – Book 5

Jayden and Raylene must find their courage in a place where fear is waiting in every shadow.

 

Jayden Blue and the Wait of the Sun – Book 6

That sun, the giant Iron Lions say, will wait for them in A World So Close.