Phoenix

by C.E. Thornton

It's been nearly half a year since Benjamina James was given her powers as a Guardian of the Light and began training for a war against the evil that hides in the shadows. As Bennie reels from the recent tragedies and revelations, she finds being a teenage girl with superpowers is the least of her bothers. On top of training with new Guardians, surviving the tenth grade, and preparing for soccer season again, Bennie finds a relationship building with her long time crush. All the while, Reyortsed is fighting to find a way into Pelanca, the heart of the Guardian Universe. Bennie and her friends return, along with many new faces, in this long-awaited sequel to Shadowchild, winner of the Pearson Prize for Fiction, 2010.

216 pages, Paperback

First published December 24, 2010

About the author

Caera Thornton has released three novels under her author name C.E. Thornton, and records and performs music under the name Era Thorne. After growing up in Seattle and then San Antonio, Caera currently calls the DFW-Metroplex home, where she lives in a cozy hobbit hole with her cats.