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Dor Atkinson
middle grade and young adult fantasy author
Books and Stories
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” —Madeleine L’Engle
Completed and Edited - Middle Grade Fantasy
Jaren Silverwing and the Shattered Mask​
A 12-year-old street performer fairy finds a broken mask the queen used to seal his people’s souls in the city walls. Now he must steal the missing pieces and perform a magical play to free his long-lost family before he’s sealed in stone forever.
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This 56K-word fantasy with series potential is the Skyborn series x Dragon Prince.
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Completed and Edited - Middle Grade Fantasy
Trials of a Three-Tears Witch
An indentured servant girl captures a priceless, 6-inch-tall magical boy because she knows he’s her ticket to freedom. But when an imprisoned goddess seeks the boy’s blood to enact revenge, they must join forces to save each other and their world.
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Girl Who Drank the Moon x Borrowers
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Work-in-Progress - Young Adult Sci-Fi Dystopia
The Venus Game
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Psyche, who may be a clone, infiltrates an AI corporation to find her sister-copies but is thrown into a deadly game with a cyborg teen with seductive powers. Now she must defeat the game and stop the CEO from converting them into mindless super-soldiers.
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Hunger Games x Cinder x Greek mythology
Work-in-Progress - Middle Grade Fantasy
Spindledrift
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A misfit storybook character is yanked from his book by a couple of bored enchanters and thrust into a dissolving fantasy world. Now he must outwit the mysterious villain Spindledrift to become "real" or become the next Spindledrift himself.
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Mysterious Benedict Society x Inkheart x Roald Dahl
Completed and Edited - Middle Grade Fantasy
Evie and the Boy from the Sea​
When an 11-year-old girl who believes she has magical abilities rescues a merboy, she's thrilled to have found her BFF. But when she learns he’s condemned to face seven deadly challenges, she sets out to help him and unlock her own magic.
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This 60K-word stand-alone novel with series potential is a gripping, high-seas fantasy with the free-ranging adventure of Luca and the otherworldly peril of Nevermoor.
Completed and Edited - Middle Grade Historical Fantasy
The Oracle Line​
A 12-year-old hobo musician leaps aboard a magical train to rescue his folk singer uncle from Zeus; but when he discovers his uncle is Prometheus, he must outwit the vengeful gods to save his family and become the legend he was meant to be.
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Rick Riordan Presents X the Dust Bowl