Arabella, the Moon and the Magic Mongongo Nut

Is there a magic that can change the past? Arabella lives in a normal suburb in Jo’burg. Life seems that it is going to stay normal forever – until her father dies and she thinks that she will never get over the sadness of it. But there is a world of magic hidden in the garden and one night when Ukhozi the eagle brings her a special mongongo nut from the Kalahari, her life is changed forever as the magic nut gives her the power to turn into a butterfly and fly through the starlit skies. But there are enemies in the garden, too, the hadedas led by their king Ozymandias want to steal the mongongo nut for their own evil purposes. Arabella leads the small creatures of the garden to fight the hadedas and prevent them carrying out their nefarious plans. The final battle takes place over the skies of Johannesburg with Arabella and her friends trapped on the highest spire of the Hillbrow Tower while lightning strikes and the hadedas swoop down upon them… Read about Arabella on Lauren Beukes’ blog and the Mail & Guardian Website http://laurenbeukes.com/spark-arabella-moon-magic-mongongo-nut/ http://mg.co.za/article/2013-09-13-00-a-little-bit-of-magic-an-awful-lot-to-love