Beatrice at Bay

Beatrice at Bay is the second installment of the Beatrice McIlvaine Adventure Series, which follows the feisty, freckled, and somewhat telekinetic Texas high schooler Beatrice as she grows up in a world of increasingly sophisticated and dangerous threats. The series started with Beatrice and the Basilisk, a modern-day fairy tale that resonated unexpectedly with readers young and old. While Beatrice was twelve then, she’s fifteen now, and facing different challenges: a potential step-father; her own immense but uncontrollable powers; the weird kids parked in the plumber’s van outside; and—possibly most importantly—the end of the world.

Can Beatrice channel her troubling destructive energies in the service of something greater than herself? If she’s so powerful, why isn’t she a better basketball player? And what’s with this Lester White Bull kid creeping on her Instagram feed, anyway? Clocking in at 25,000 words, a combination of “Stranger Things” and Pippi Longstocking, Beatrice at Bay is a fast, funny, exciting read for kids—especially girls—between the ages of ten and seventy-four.