Gleam: Semma and the Secret of Stuffmore

By Kurt Christiansen

Meet Semma Wakefield, a twelve-year-old orphan with a heart bigger than a giant Schmill and a desperate wish to have a family again. Her hope surges when, out of the blue, a message from her long-lost uncle, the infamous Doctor of ExtraOrdinology, Larry Bumbrain, flies through her window. He's in a bit of a muddle in the unmapped town of Stuffmore. Now, her parents might have mysteriously vanished during one of his quests, but that's not stopping Semma and her twin sister Trooni-who's got a brain sharper than the horns on a poison spitting Hullux-from getting to him. Stuffmore is a dream come true. Magical gadgets, outlandish abundance, and the most energetic and loving uncle you can imagine. Their mission? To climb up the mayor's coveted "Happiness List" by snagging and bagging more wondrous goodies than everyone else in the town.But Stuffmore is not all rainbows and tickle dust. Semma begins developing a strange new power called a Gleam, which lets her see stuff no one else can. It reveals a creepy invisible fog messing up people's minds, making them selfish and tearing families apart, with kids abandoned to the streets like stray puppies. When no one believes her and she is ditched by her own family, she realizes she may be the only one who can reunite her family and save all the children. But to pull it off, she'll need to unleash the full potential of her Gleam, blast self-doubt and the fog back to the Dark Nothing, and discover the real magic of happiness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0999422839
• ISBN13: 9780999422830
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Empathy Works
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"