Wonders of Shadow Key

In a near-future world where hurricanes are weekly events, Eleanor escapes with her family to an abandoned beach town on Shadow Key after a storm destroys her school. There, she stumbles upon a strange and eerie discovery— a small colony of ghosts, each with their own peculiar story: a homesick pirate, a lovesick countess, the mysterious Nameless Mute Gentleman, and The Fabulous Singing Siren Sisters. But the ghosts are in danger. Tentacled sea monsters called Oldies are stalking their souls, and with rising sea levels and more storms on the way, the ghosts’ time is running out. As a terrifying new storm approaches, Eleanor must rescue a ghost lost at sea and save her friends from the Oldies in a final, storm-chased battle of song against darkness. Wonders of Shadow Key is a quirky, suspenseful tale of one girl’ s fight to use her voice for good.

JJ Fleming is the “ marvelously inventive” and “ highly entertaining” author whose stories one reviewer called “ campfire tales from the state’ s coolest scout leader.” He’ s also the Director of Creative Writing at the University of South Florida, founder of the literary magazine Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art, two-time recipient of Florida Literature Fellowships, and winner of an International Book Award. Wonders of Shadow Key is his first book for children.