Ana and the Spider's Voice

A Gothic fairy tale for readers aged 10-100. It's dead winter in a snow-choked town and 13-year-old Ana is facing battles on all fronts: the recent death of her twin sister and best friend, Stella, vicious bullies at school, her detached and hard-drinking foster mother, Aunt Muriel, and the terrifying monster growing under Ana's bed. She struggles too with her uncertainty about Julian, the cute new boy in class. And then one day as she walks home from school Ana's life takes a surreal turn: A beautiful, blue light shines from the woods, while a sad, pretty song plays on the wind...and Ana hears her dead sister's voice in the frozen air, calling her to the clearing in the forest. Ana's heart explodes with happiness, but what seems to be a joyous and unexpected reunion becomes the greatest danger of all. *Author's note: 50% of all the author's profits from this book will be donated to animal rescue efforts. -JMP