Douglas Westerbeke

A Short Walk Through a Wide World is a spellbinding fantasy adventure that follows a young woman struck down by a mysterious curse, and her extraordinary journey in search of survival. PARIS, 1885. On an otherwise ordinary night, Aubry Tourvel—spoiled, stubborn and nine years old—is suddenly struck down by a mysterious illness at the family dinner table. When a visit...

If you could never stay, where would you go? The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets The Midnight Library in this life-affirming debut novel of adventure, wonder, and self-discovery. Paris, 1885—Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it...