This book contains some mature themes. If you are below 12 years of age, we recommend you do not continue reading.
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Elaina Dawry has spent the last two years largely alone.
But when an urgent call to the castle and a meeting with the King leaves her embarking on a journey to retrieve the stolen Stone of Storms, Elaina discovers the dark secrets of her kingdom - secrets that could very well destroy it.
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Umairah is a 14-year-old author. She enjoys writing in her spare time and Stone of Storms is the first book she has published with Story Factory. Umairah enjoys reading, playing video games and watching films in her spare time. Additionally, she enjoys painting and drawingand currently wishes to have a decent sleep schedule.
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Over the course of 2023, a select group of young writers was invited to take part in a year-long writing program at Story Factory. Their goal was to produce a fully realised novella. This is one of the novellas produced in these workshops.
Year of the Novella 2023 was supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
This project was also made possible thanks to the support of a group of generous donors:
Rosebrook Foundation
Shand Foundation
Caroline Beecham & John Lydon
Greg Dean
Bernadette Brennan & Justin Gleeson
Deena Shiff & James Gillespie
Kim E Anderson
This publication would not have been possible without the unstinting support of the editorial and production teams at Penguin Random House. Thanks also to our all-round fantastic Story Factory volunteers. Finally, massive thanks to our typesetters, Midland Typesetters and Post Pre-press, and our printer, Griffin Press.
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