The Last Storyteller

Fire Tests the Purity of Silver and Gold, but the Lord Tests the Heart.Journee, a mouse princess and daughter of the Great Mouse-King, has a rebellious streak. When she and her companions, Abisai, Toby, Ethan, and Reijo, go on a midnight foray against her father's wishes, they find trouble. Or do they? Their magical encounter deep within the enchanted Zoe-Chai orchard might be just what the kingdom needs to thwart a perilous threat of an alien bat army seeking the power of the Zoe-Chai tree. So now even though the kingdom has never known true war, the time has come for all its animals, great and small, to defend the Zoe-Chai tree, while Journee and her faithful companions must travel north to retrieve a magic elven staff, forged long ago to protect The Tree forever. Once with the elves, a surprise twist of fate awaits Journee, forcing her to face a zealous queen who looks much like herself. Who is she, really?This adventure is a race against time. Can Journee and her friends find the staff before all is lost to a battle between good and evil-a battle of hearts, wits, and minds? Who will win in the end? Can love triumph over ambition? Only one thing is certain: Journee must choose her destiny on her own.The Last Storyteller is the fourth book in The Pearls of Wisdom Series: Stories Inspired by a Biblical Proverb.The Last Storyteller is a children's chapter book for ages 9 and up.