The Ice Cream Crown Skating Races
Description
Sabotage on the ice cream ? and the stakes are colder than ever.
Every year, the town of Linderch gathers to watch the Ice Cream Crown Skating Races, a series of thrilling races skated on a pond of magically frozen ice cream.
This year, fourteen-year-old George intends to win, because if he loses, his family loses their home.
His biggest challenge? A year off with no practice. Or so he thinks.
Because this year, something sinister simmers. A long-running grudge threatens to sabotage everything ? and George skates straight into a dangerous mystery that could ruin more than just his chances to win.
A cosy fantasy-mystery for anyone who believes in the power of whimsy ? and would fight to protect it.
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AMY LAURENS is an Australian author of fantasy fiction for all ages. Her story Bones Of The Sea, about creepy carnivorous mist and bone curses, won the 2021 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella. Amy has also written the award-winning portal-fantasy Sanctuary series about Edge, a 13-year-old girl forced to move to a small country town because of witness protection (the first book is Where Shadows Rise), the humorous fantasy Kaditeos series, following newly graduated Evil Overlord Mercury as she attempts to acquire a castle, the young adult series Storm Foxes, about love and magic and family in small town Australia, and a whole host of non-fiction, both for writers AND for people who don't live with constant voices in their heads.
Other interesting details? Let's see. Amy lives with her husband and two kids in suburban Canberra. She used to be a high-school English teacher, and she was once chewed on by a lion. (The two are unrelated. It was her right thumb.) Amy loves chocolate but her body despises it; she has a vegetable garden that mostly thrives on neglect; and owns enough books to be considered a library. Of course. Oh, and she also makes rather fancy cakes in her spare time.
She's on all the usual social media channels as @ByAmyLaurens, but you've got the best chance of actually getting a response on Instagram or the contact form on her website. <3
