Indie Author Spotlight – Elle Jacklee and “The Tree of Mindala”

Miranda Moon’s vivid imagination has a way of landing her in trouble. This time, she’s been suspended from school. So her straight-laced younger brother, Marcus, blames her when they’re relegated to their late grandparents’ old cabin over Halloween weekend. But when Miranda finds a curious trinket, they’re mysteriously whisked away to a place where magic flows through the trees and everyone already knows their family name. A place called Wunderwood.

Just as they arrive, a sinister warlock is freed from a long banishment. Thornton Crow resumes his deadly agenda to find The Tree of Mindala, the source of all the realm’s magic, and claim it for himself. As Miranda and Marcus discover branches of their own family tree that they hadn’t even known existed, they find out that Thornton has a score to settle with anyone in their bloodline. Especially them.

When Miranda learns of her own role in Thornton’s release, she knows it’s up to her to stop him from stealing not just magic, but also hope. With travel companions that could as easily be foes as friends, and only the cryptic words of a prophecy to guide her, Miranda must decide if she can carry out the task that will either save Wunderwood… or doom it forever.