In recognition of excellence in literature this novel was awarded FIRST PLACE for Young Adult Fiction in The 2013 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards, plus Hollywood, London, and Paris Book Awards. POND GHOST takes place at the same setting and within the same family decades after Alene's historical novel, SANCTUARY Pond ghosts are discovered at the Hathaway ancestral home. A mysterious and beautiful gold and silver medallion is found, and devoted friendships develop in Magnolia Gardens and at Dragonfly Pond Place when eight students meet after school at Rachael's Sanctuary. She, fiance Eddie, and their students face challenges when unexpected emergencies arise. The Ice House is broken into, food for the Halloween Harvest Hosting is missing, and Rachael's engagement ring is lost. Notes from an unknown sender, plus, the other ghost, also plague this circle of friends, along with rumors of some unwanted guests soon approaching. Together, Rachael, Eddie, and The Grand Group make decisions and discoveries which will change their future and their lives and those within the community, in a season of surprises and memories to treasure.

Author Biography

Alene Adele Roy, with her Corgi, Happy, writes and illustrates The Legend Of Dragonfly Pond book series. POND GHOST, the eighth book, takes place at the same setting and within the same family decades after her historical novel, SANCTUARY, which won First Place for Romance in the 2014 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards, an award in the general fiction category at The 2013 Hollywood Book Festival in Hollywood, California and various other awards. With a love for animals and music, Alene used both in this heartwarming, illustrated tale of friendship, joy, hope, love, romance, and mystery. Along with ghosts and wildlife, eight students share time together and surprisingly discover what their true passion in life is, with the help of a young couple, soon to be wed, and Dragonfly Pond Place. Her theme is: 'Hallow means bless or sanctify Harvest and saints under a harvest moon sky.'