In Avalon Summer, Sarah discovers an old fantasy novel with uncanny connections to her own life. Gates to Illvelion is that novel.
Every kid dreams of having a magical summer vacation. For ten-year-old Sarah Lewis, the magic of summer might prove to be very real.
June 1992. Ten-year-old Sarah Lewis can’t wait for summer: twilight swims, endless bike rides, and days spent traipsing around the woods of her grandparents’ home. But when Sarah discovers two wrought-iron gates in the middle of the woods — gates attached to nothing and guarding nowhere — she is convinced that they lead to the fabled lands of Avalon, a kingdom of her own imagination, ruled by nine terrible queens.
Will Sarah find the courage to open the iron gates and find out if Avalon is real, or will she give in to fear and the intimidation of a neighborhood bully who has a painful secret of his own? Before summer’s end, Sarah must come to terms with the uncertainty of growing up, and find a way to say goodbye to the people and places she’s come to love.
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A strange adventure in a world beyond the edge of our own…
When Lord Agravaine’s daughter, Gwenhivar, tumbles over the edge of the forest and into the fairy realm, he will stop at nothing to save her. But his own life is threatened too, and it is Gwen who must save them both from the magic of the woods.
As they face bewitchment and worse, Gwen and her father confront the dazzling Queen of Illvelion — a woman once human who rules with terrible magic and the bitter sting of loss. Can the human child overcome her enemies and find the power to save her kin? Or will her enemies destroy her soul?