Driftwood Ellesmere

The Amazing Origin of Driftwood Ellesmere - Book One of the Driftwood Saga. Not until she is sixteen does Driftwood leave Ellesmere Island, the most northern land in the world, for the first time to begin working as a counselor at Camp Magee in British Columbia. Her fun with her new camp friends is interrupted when the last session of kids arrive all entirely addicted to small video game boxes. None will do a single outdoor activity. They growl and try to bite if anyone interrupts their playing of their repetitive consoles. Why is a shy young northern girl the best hope in finding a way to free the children from their electronic chains? This is how a wondrous story begins that tells both of how Driftwood grew up learning magical things in Arctic isolation and of her first exciting adventure off the island. Traveling with her new best friend Rose to New York City, the Grand Cayman Islands and beyond Driftwood tackles the problems of the world head on. On her journey she ever learns more about her mysterious past and her truly amazing potential.The first tale in the five volume epic, Driftwood's Crusade is an engagingly modern fantasy written by James Davidge (Mathemagick & Mystiphysics, The Duchess Ranch of Old John Ware) and featuring illustrations by Judd Palmer, creator of the Governor General's Literary Award nominated Preposterous Fables for Unusual Children.