Sanctuary (Laurens)

The fairies have a secret they're just DYING to protect...Snatched away from her friends in Melbourne, Australia, and sent to the small town of Nowra with her family under witness protection, Emma spends her birthday afternoon alone... Until the doorbell rings, revealing a hand-addressed parcel. Someone knows their location. Emma snaps. Furious at her sister for jeopardising their family's safe, Emma storms out. But what Emma finds down at the creek changes everything-and give her way more than mobsters to worry about. A captivating, coming-of-age portal fantasy.

Sanctuary is a place of safety-or so the fairies say... Edge's mum knocks on her bedroom door in the middle of the night. Bad news. Not long ago, Edge's best friend Gem fell prey to the Valley, leaving her vulnerable to its evil, soul-sucking shadows. The shadows?Back. And they want Gem.Desperate, Edge convinces her mum to take to the hospital in the middle of the night to see Gem. But what she finds forces her beyond every comfort zone. To save Gem, Edge might just lose everything else. The thrilling sequel to Where Shadows Rise, for everyone who wants to believe that friendship beats the rules, every time.

**Winner 2019 ACT Writing & Publishing Awards - Children's Division**This is what the fairies never wanted you to know…Edge Tanning gets things done. She vanquished the shadows that threatened Sanctuary, magical home of the fairies, and saved her best friend from the clutches of the Valley-and called the power of Sanctuary to life. All well and good… except that calling the power of Sanctuary kind of broke the whole of the fairies' land. None of her friends want to help. Someone needs to fix it-before Sanctuary fractures forever. But a problem this big? Way too much for one teen girl to handle alone.Brace yourself for the exciting conclusion to the Sanctuary series: this is what the fairies have been hiding.

The shadows are coming. Are you ready? Contains Where Shadows Rise, Through Roads Between, and When Worlds Collide.