Magdalena Gottschalk Paperback Book Series

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Middle Grade Magical Realism and Fantasy Fiction Book Series

Book #1: The Crooked Trail

Lily Brooke, a community exhibiting small-town charm and a dark, hidden secret, converges one fateful autumn night. MALB, the Mystical Alliance of Lily Brooke, consists of six childhood friends who are bound together in loyalty, friendship, and courage. Together, they face revenge-seeking enchantments intent on haunting the children, for MALB’s trespassing revived yesterday’s battle of good versus evil. The adventure takes young readers along an eerie crooked trail, through a forbidden cave, and inside a mysteriously secluded treehouse.

Magdalena Gottschalk: The Crooked Trail is book #1 of the middle-grade thriller series that invokes magical realism and fantasy to explore faith and belief in a higher power, unity, and teamwork, while celebrating their uniqueness and diversity. It will leave young readers sitting on the edge of their seats, begging to turn the page, and silently rooting for their on-page friends. With a touch of southern charm and tradition, the journey is not for the faint of heart. Witches, wizards, demons, black magic, and soul-searching all have their place in the quaint little town of Lily Brooke, even if their influences are unbeseen by most.

Book #2: The Slippery Slope  ***** 2018 NYC Big Book Award Winner in Juvenile Fiction *****

Terror and sheer excitement await Magdalena and the rest of the gang as they venture into another thriller written for middle grade and young readers. Magdalena Gottschalk: The Slippery Slope, book #2 of the coming-of-age series, blends suspense, intrigue, and supernatural haunts while incorporating preteen life lessons of friendship, courage, communal responsibility, and loyalty.

Magdalena, feeling guilty about the last excursion that left her best friends in danger, decides she is capable of battling the hidden forces of evil on her own. However, things don’t quite go as planned, and the delicate balance of Lily Brooke’s everyday small-town living fades into battling the treacherous terrain of wintry landscape. MALB (the Mystical Alliance of Lily Brooke), in an effort to save their beloved Magdalena, realizes that Christmas is only a week away. With the holiday festivities about to begin, they realize time is of the essence, for their disappearance will quickly be noticed. Worry plagues the group, wondering if they will become trapped in The Enchanted Forest, or, through faith and determination, will they save Magdalena and make it home in time to celebrate the most cherished of the year? Stay tuned, but you may want to leave the lights on, as evil tends to lurk in the shadows.

Book #3: Lindtzl Kingdom

Hold onto your witch hat, as Magdalena and friends travel to Lindtzl Kingdom’s enchanted forest in an attempt to save the queen!

Book #3 of the Madgalena Gottschalk series is sure to leave you hanging on the edge of the page, for Lily Brooke’s delicate balance of good versus evil has tipped, yet again. Queen Lindtzl has been captured, and the friends know they must rush to her rescue before it’s too late. MALB is mystified, as their last adventure broke the three-headed werewolf’s curse, and the demons of Lily Brooke’s past have been locked away forever. Baffled by who or what could be responsible for the queen’s disappearance, MALB races against time, unsure of what enchanted haunts lie in wait for them in the hidden wintry scape.