SJWG member Ellie Kirk‘s debut novel is now available for pre-order through most online booksellers. BONNIE BAILEY AND THE FAIRE OF WORLDS is a contemporary fantasy for middle-grade readers. To save her family’s honey farm, thirteen-year-old Bonnie Bailey agrees to join the magical Faire of Worlds. Bonnie is enchanted by the larger-than-life residents and fantastic creatures she meets but she soon learns that everything is not as peaceful as it seems. There’s world-ending danger hiding in the Faire’s shadows and it’s up to Bonnie and her newfound friends to save the Faire of Worlds from destruction. Publication date is set for May 6, 2025.
Join Bonnie Bailey as she enters a magical, world-traveling Faire in this epic middle-grade fantasy about finding your own strength.
Thirteen-year-old Bonnie Bailey comes from a long line of beekeepers. But her family’s apiary is failing, and Bonnie and her mom need money fast if they have any chance of saving it.
When a mysterious woman appears among the beehives and offers Bonnie a job at a fair that’s in town for one night only, Bonnie reluctantly takes a chance. But the Faire of Worlds isn’t a regular carnival—she’s a sentient, magical being who exists in a nomadic pocket reality. Her residents are people and creatures rescued from countless other realities.
Bonnie is swept into a world of unimaginable wonders and dangerous undercurrents. She tends a colony of giant bees, befriends a young cowboy who’s on the run for stealing eggs from flying turtles, and discovers that not everything at the Faire is as happy as it seems. When the Faire is threatened by dark forces, Bonnie faces an impossible decision: return to the safety of her own reality—or stay and fight to protect this fantastical world she has grown to love.
With a cast of unforgettable characters and boundless curiosities, Bonnie Bailey and the Faire of Worlds will lure readers back again and again.
Ellie Kirk lives at the southernmost tip of New Jersey where she spends as much time as possible at the beach rescuing stranded horseshoe crabs, picking up litter, and petting lots of dogs. When Ellie’s not at the beach she enjoys working in her pollinator garden, a safe haven for bugs, birds, and bees. Ellie also makes the best homemade cannoli in all the land (shells and filling!). You can find the recipe (and more) at www.elliekirk.com.
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