Wanted

by Jenni Spangler

This modern reluctant reader series for teenagers includes elements of horror, the supernatural, action and adventure. The stories are character driven and focus on friendship and relationship issues or situations to which the target audience can relate, whilst maintaining supernatural or fantastical themes.

57 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 2019

About the author

Theatre school drop out, ex-999 operator and occasional forklift driver, Jenni writes children’s books with a magical twist. She loves to take real and familiar places and events and add a layer of mystery and hocus-pocus.

She was part of the first year of the ‘WriteMentor’ scheme, mentored by Lindsay Galvin, author of ‘The Secret Deep’. As well as her magical middle grade novels, Jenni writes short contemporary YA stories for reluctant and struggling readers, including Torn and Wanted for Badger Learning.

Jenni has an Open University degree in English Language and Literature, a 500 metre swimming badge and a great recipe for chocolate brownies. She lives in Staffordshire with her husband and two children. She loves old photographs, picture books and tea, but is wary of manhole covers following an unfortunate incident.