Lightning Spheres

by Pearl A. Gardner

Eleven year old Jodie struggles to concentrate so disrupts her lessons and has earned the reputation of classroom clown. Her younger brother suffers severe nightmares that make him ill. She secretly fears that her brother's illness is connected to her own night terrors. She dreams that balls of lightning take her to a place where aliens do painful things to her head. Jodie is terrified the aliens are behind her brother's illness and fears that she will become ill too. She decides to stay awake to discover more about the weird lightning spheres. Where do they take her? What are the Aliens doing to her? Are her dreams real? Can she save her brother? Will she survive?

178 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 2014

About the author

Pearl writes for the love of words and often compares herself to a ballerina performing to an empty theatre. Reader reviews are the sound of the distant audience and each one is greatly appreciated.

Flitting between genres ensures Pearl's stories are always fresh and exciting. She has a wide ranging and eclectic author list from chick lit, historical romance, to science fiction and the paranormal.

Pearl has enjoyed success, in the past, with short story fiction, winning some national competitions. Her articles and stories have been published in popular magazines, both fiction and non-fiction, but in recent years she has concentrated on full length works.


She enjoys researching the past and is particularly interested in the First and Second World Wars, where many of her historical romances are set. She also loves the freedom of writing science fiction, but likes to construct her stories around scientific facts or theories.

You can see more of her work and sample tasters of novels in progress on the web site www.pearlagardner.co.uk