Book ONE from the CRABTREE BOOK SERIES –
Crabtree: Lost Kids of Borealonon is a pre-teen (10-13) fantasy, mystery, adventure about a brother and sister who are called to walk into the darkness TO BE the light. It is about making the right choices in life, it is about writing your own Chapters, it is about loving unconditionally to help others.

Thirteen-year-old Sam, his twin sister Mel, and their parents have an opportunity to move to the “wild, wild west” and a mountain town in Washington State. Sam’s dad inherited a gold-rush era house from his uncle. While everyone else is excited about the move, Sam is devastated. He will miss his friends, his basketball team, and the skateboard park in West Virginia. Thinking of the worst-case scenario, no Internet, no cell service, no computer games, and nowhere to go, Sam has a terrible attitude problem as they make their way across the country in an SUV.

All he wants to do is escape to another universe – another dimension – another reality… And from there Sam and Mel slip into an adventurous, action-packed ride of perilous danger, unexplainable mystery, and utter amazement.

For what he learns is that not only did his family inherit the property, but he and his sister also inherited a 20-year-old curse that has devastated their new town for generations. Sam and Mel are the keys to the mystery locked deep inside a treacherous cave. But there are no guarantees they’ll see through the fiery darkness that holds chaos at every turn. How will they survive to save the future? For even the “NOW” can be stuck in time.

“Borealonon was like entering another dimension – where cave writings told stories of mysterious creatures and darkness confused our minds… until we saw a brilliant, glowing light from above cascading down and dancing through shimmering crystals like ribbons across the rock walls.” ~ Sam

Oranias was not bound,
By the thoughts of man,
She wore her crown above.
Her wind was Strength,
Her rain was Truth…
Oranias, the Goddess of Love.

~ Jane L. Fitzpatrick, writer