DescriptionImagine Doctor Who meets Jurassic Park, with a dash of Percy Jackson—a heart-pounding, time-hopping adventure where legend and history collide, led by a young heroine who’s equal parts brave, curious, and kind. If your reader loves mythical creatures, high-stakes action, and a dash of humour, this will hook them from start to finish.From the award-winning YA author of Generation Icarus, the book features a diverse cast with prominent NZ and Māori characters as positive role models, and Kea the talking Chameleon Bird has her readers laughing out loud!The Fairy Hive is the start of a 10 book series that promotes curiosity, bravery, resilience, kindness and empathy, scattered with historical factoids that don’t lecture or condescend.Mild scifi and fantasy violence with some animal and human aggression.About the Kiwi authorWriting as J L Pawley, Jess’ YA series, Generation Icarus, garnered over a million reads on Wattpad and has been optioned for the screen. The second Generation Icarus book, Take Flight, was named a Storylines Notable Book in 2019. Her next YA book, Knowledge Keeper, was shortlisted for the Tessa Duder Award in 2016. From 2020, Jess stepped back from authoring to focus on supporting her students and family through COVID, then in 2023 received a Massey University Doctoral Scholarship for her research into educational strategies to increase teen enjoyment of reading in the digital age. Now, writing as Jessica Pawley, The Fairy Hive, is her first book for intermediate-age readers.
