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Thank you for checking out this middle grade fantasy from the metaphorical Wattpad public library. I hope you enjoy it! I am currently reposting the second draft of this book complete with Alpha reader feedback.

Please let me know what you think and drop me a vote as you read if you enjoy my novel. Specifically, I am looking for areas where I might have taken out too many words while trying to revise down my word count and make my writing more succinct. I am also adding more characterization to my characters and descriptions to my settings, so let me know what you think of that. I'm also revising my map description in my book to match the map you can find below. So if my map description doesn't match up, please let me know! Thank you so much for your help!

~Mrs. Sutliff

Characters

You may want to wait to read up on all these characters until you meet them in the book, to avoid spoilers.

Värians:

Kaiyennah – a 10-year-old girl with brown wavy hair. She is the princess of the panther tribe and is given a quest from the wise woman of her village to take the children to Fulgaria to receive Wind Whisperer's Amulets.

Vespeera – Kaiyennah's male black panther.

Mother (Kaiya) – Kaiyennah's  mother has tan skin, brown wavy hair.

Meera – Kaiyennah's mother's female tiger.

Father – Kaiyennah's father has tan skin, straight black hair in a mohawk and black eyes

Faira – Kaiyennah's father's male black panther.

Zanasha – Village wise woman. She has a dream that sends Kaiyennah on her quest to Fulgaria with the children.

Zing – Zanasha's male black panther.

Wuru and Noho – Kaiyennah's boy cousins.

Janari and Sunka – Kaiyennah's uncle and aunt.

Konta (m) and Shanara (f) – two childhood friends of Kaiyennah's.

The Children:

Thea and Pax and Celeste Cecelia – Thea is a magical girl with brown curly hair, tan skin, and green eyes. She has a gray flying panther named Pax and a gray flying horse named Celeste Cecelia. Pax is naturally the size of a kitten. He likes to sit on Thea's shoulder. Celeste Cecelia is naturally the size of a fox. Because of her magic, Thea can enlarge her animal Companions so she can ride them.

Tayana and Dushan – Tayana is a magical girl with long blond hair and brown eyes. She has a white horned horse named Dushan. Dushan is naturally the size of a deer fawn. Because of her magic, Tayana can enlarge Dushan so she can ride him like a regular horse.

Chadwick and Stella – Chadwick is a teenage boy with black hair and brown eyes. He has Stella, a yellow moth lizard covered in fluffy moth hair with beautiful comet moth wings. Stella is naturally the size of a lizard big enough to wrap her tail and wings around Chadwick's wrist, where she likes to sit. Because of the girls' magic, Stella can grow large enough to ride.

The Fulgarians:

Brandir – the Fulgarian (giant) who finds the children.

Ganli – The giant Wind Whisperer.

Silvaen of Flumen Oppidum Ursi

Natin'ah – mother bear

Lill'ah – older sister bear

Halay'na – younger sister bear

Ken'tus – brother bear

Clad'eous – the mayor Praefectus of Flumen Oppidum Ursi

Gust'us – the Praefectus's secretary

Kaiyennah's Map

Glossary

Please let me know if you come across a word you'd like me to add to the glossary! Thank you!

Ciridia - the name of the magical world where Kaiyennah lives

Fulgaria - giants' lands

Hogan - dwelling home of the panther tribe and other lake and river tribes. Essentially a wigwam made of birchbark.

Kaakahu - Tribal clothes

Makutu - the magic of the people of Väria

Maramara - Moon

Maramara's Rise (Moon's Rise) - South

Maramara's Set (Moon's Set) - North

Raana - Sun

Raana's Set (Sun's Set) - West

Raana's Rise (Sun's Rise) - East

Väria - The nation of Väria is where Kaiyennah and her people are from. It is all the way to the south west on the main continent of Ciridia.

Waxing sunrise: Northeast. Halfway between the moon's set and the rising sun.

Waxing sunset: Northwest. Halfway between the moon's set and the setting sun.

Waning sunrise: Southeast. Halfway between the moon's rise and the rising sun.

Waning sunset: Southwest. Halfway between the moon's rise and the setting sun.