MOON DANCE is the second phase of fourteen-year old Wendy Hilton's adventure at LATCH, the Lunar Arena of Transformation, Concentration and Hope. In this book, Wendy learns several truths about herself, both good and bad, and begins to learn the truth about her rival Phillip.
MOON DANCE begins the morning after fourteen-year-old Wendy Hilton has survived her Galileo Quest and triumphed over Phillip in THE MOON KEY. The conflict with Phillip has shaken her and she is unable to will herself to LATCH, the magical dream school that she is whisked to at night when she is asleep - until Phillip comes and begs her to give him a second chance.
Those are the kind of books that I always liked to read. Those are the books that I write.
I believe in real magic, the kind that doesn't require a magic wand or an incantation. The kind that we can make everyday - with a smile, with a thought.
I grew up in the Midwest. I loved to play pretend. I visited New York City when I was 10. It was love at first sight. Eventually, after college, I made my dream come true and moved to New York and made magic working in television. Well, it's hard to call it working. I couldn't believe that I was getting paid for living a fantasy.
In television, I got to go to museums after hours when they were empty. I got special admission to many places in Manhattan which no one ever gets to see. I loved that magical time. Those were the experiences that inspired me to create LATCH, the Lunar Arena of Transformation, Concentration and Hope. At LATCH, Wendy Hilton, the main character of MOON KEY and MOON DANCE, goes to all these wonderful places by the light of the moon when no one else is there.