Magora Series by Marc Remus

Middle Grade Fiction. Ages: 8 and up.Eleven-year-old Holly O’Flanigan discovers an unusual paintbrush and a canvas with the image of a fantasy world that her late grandfather has left behind. She falls into the magical land of Magora, where everything and everyone is made of paint. There she learns to weave art and magic at Cliffony Art Academy, but her carefree life is soon overshadowed by dark events. Valuable paintings have been stolen from the Gallery of Wonders... moreMiddle Grade Fiction. Ages: 8 and up.Eleven-year-old Holly O’Flanigan discovers an unusual paintbrush and a canvas with the image of a fantasy world that her late grandfather has left behind. She falls into the magical land of Magora, where everything and everyone is made of paint. There she learns to weave art and magic at Cliffony Art Academy, but her carefree life is soon overshadowed by dark events. Valuable paintings have been stolen from the Gallery of Wonders. During Holly’s search for the thief, she discovers the Unfinished—monstrous beings created when a painting is left incomplete. Like vampires, the Unfinished hunger for the one thing that can flesh out their bodies—blood. And they want Holly’s most of all.The book has won the following literary awards: Readers’ Favorite Book Award, Silver, “Children’s Fantasy/Sci-Fi” category, 2016Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY), Silver, “Juvenile Fiction,” 2016.Moonbeam Children’s Book Award, Gold, “Pre-Teen Fiction ebook,” 2016.Beverly Hills Book Award, Gold, “Pre-Teen Fiction” category, 2017New Apple Book Award, Gold, “Children’s General Fiction category, 2017Purple Dragonfly Award, Silver, “Middle Grade Fiction” category, 2016 less

Middle Grade Fiction. Ages 8 and upAt the end of a boring summer in her un-magical hometown, Holly O’Flanigan is eager to return to the parallel world of Magora. Holly’s nosy neighbor, Ms. Hubbleworth, has been missing for a year, and Holly and her friends, Brian, Rufus, and Amanda, know where she is. A year ago, they left the real world together and entered Magora via a painting Holly’s late grandfather created... moreMiddle Grade Fiction. Ages 8 and upAt the end of a boring summer in her un-magical hometown, Holly O’Flanigan is eager to return to the parallel world of Magora. Holly’s nosy neighbor, Ms. Hubbleworth, has been missing for a year, and Holly and her friends, Brian, Rufus, and Amanda, know where she is. A year ago, they left the real world together and entered Magora via a painting Holly’s late grandfather created. When Holly and her friends head back to Magora to enroll for their second year at Cliffony Academy of the Arts, Holly finds out that her friend Ileana is severely ill. She suffers from a disease that dissolves her blood and turns her back into what she was before—a so-called Unfinished, an incomplete, painted creature that drains the blood of others to become whole. Holly tries to find a cure, but in vain—Ileana’s illness is progressing. While Holly continues to donate blood to keep Ileana stable and the new school year starts, she meets Ms. Hubbleworth again. Surprisingly, her nosy neighbor has no knowledge of her old life back in the real world and seems fully immersed in her position as a teacher at the art academy. When Holly learns that the leaves of a mysterious Golden Maple Tree could cure Ileana’s illness, she begins her search for the tree and discovers an ancient monastery where the dangerous blood-sucking Unfinished live. But Holly’s best friend Rufus is kidnapped and taken to the monastery. With her other friends in tow, Holly enters into a fierce battle against the Unfinished to free Rufus and collect the leaves of the Golden Maple Tree to cure Ileana. In the process, Holly learns the truth behind Ms. Hubbleworth’s memory loss—changing everything Holly thought she knew about Magora. less

Holly O’Flanigan’s third year at Cliffony, Academy of the Arts, in the fantasy painting of Magora takes the thirteen-year-old on a quest to find the daughter of the evil Duke of Cuspidor. Along the way, she and her friends Brian, Rufus, and Amanda enter the creepy ward where the dangerous Unfinished are locked up, learn about the mysterious Woodspeople, and discover unbelievable secrets about Holly’s grandfather... moreHolly O’Flanigan’s third year at Cliffony, Academy of the Arts, in the fantasy painting of Magora takes the thirteen-year-old on a quest to find the daughter of the evil Duke of Cuspidor. Along the way, she and her friends Brian, Rufus, and Amanda enter the creepy ward where the dangerous Unfinished are locked up, learn about the mysterious Woodspeople, and discover unbelievable secrets about Holly’s grandfather. In their efforts to find out more about Grandpa Nikolas, they search for the enchanted Bridge in the Fog that has been hidden for years in a secret place. But once they find it, Holly unleashes a nightmare that she never anticipated— a peril that threatens to destroy the entire world of Magora. less

Magora is about to fall to the hordes of ravenous Unfinished camped right beneath its walls when Holly O’Flanigan returns to the parallel world for the fourth time. To save the place they have come to love, Holly and her friends Brian, Rufus, and Amanda risk everything on a perilous journey through the dark realm ruled by the evil Duke of Cuspidor. There they find the hidden city of the Woodspeople and a mysterious link to Holly’s Grandpa Nikolas... moreMagora is about to fall to the hordes of ravenous Unfinished camped right beneath its walls when Holly O’Flanigan returns to the parallel world for the fourth time. To save the place they have come to love, Holly and her friends Brian, Rufus, and Amanda risk everything on a perilous journey through the dark realm ruled by the evil Duke of Cuspidor. There they find the hidden city of the Woodspeople and a mysterious link to Holly’s Grandpa Nikolas. When they return to the island of Magora, Holly has some big questions to answer. Will she accept the power the High Councilor Krah offers her? Can she find a way to defeat the Unfinished and save Magora? And most of all, where does she really belong—in the real world or a fantasy one? Holly is torn between the two, and as the surprises mount higher, and an instructor is killed, Holly learns that nothing is what it seems, either in Donkleywood or Magora. less