Jane Doe and the Quill of All Tales
By (Author) Jeremy Lachlan
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Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
8th March 2023
Australia
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Paperback
432
Width 148mm, Height 208mm
A dangerous new world. An epic new quest.Athrillingnew blockbuster entry in the best-selling middle-grade series,The Jane Doe Chronicles.
Jane Doe is no ordinary girl. A childof three ancient gods, she can control the Manor, a sacred labyrinthine realm between the worlds. But lately, it seemsthe Manors been controlling her and Jane is terrified of what thatcouldmean.
But when Janediscovers shestherightful heir toapowerful,long-lost relic, she must cast her fears asideand embark on another extraordinary adventure.Therelic thePhantom Quill is said to grant visions of every future in every world. In the right hands, atool for good. In the wronghands, a weapon of chaos. And a power-hungry cult leader is already hot on its trail
With her girlfriend, Violet,their pal,Aki,and the mysterious Winifred Robin, Jane must journey through the booby-trapped halls of the Manor to the steamy jungles of Vahru, a land on the edge of ruin. There are quicksand pits. There are swamps. There are ravenous beasts and crumbling, ancient cities. Deadliest of all, though,there'sthe cult and its prophetic High Priest. Why does he want the Quill so desperately And why does Jane featureso prominently in hisnefarious plans
This time, if Jane wants to save theOtherworlds,she may have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Destiny let alone the Manor may not be on her side, after all ...
Jeremy Lachlan was born and raised in Griffith, country NSW, Australia.He is a former bookseller who now calls Sydney home.
His debut novel,Jane Doe and The Cradle of All Worlds,was the 2019 Australian Book Industry Award winner for Book of the Year for Older Children, and he once took home $100 in a karaoke competition, of which he's equally proud.
He came up with the idea forJane Doewhile lost in the Cairo Museum.