From the day her mother introduces her to the library, Lily wants to spend all of her time reading until she meets Milly, who hates reading but loves adventure.

Lily loves to read. She is fascinated by the stories in her books, and reads wherever she goes?through summer, autumn, winter, and spring. But one day, Lily meets a girl who hates reading. Milly invites Lily to have adventures of her own?outside the pages of a book. Together the two friends help each other discover the joy of both backyards and books?and find on the way that adventures are best with a friend along.

Gillian Shields is the author of “Immortal” and “Betrayal”, the first books about the sisterhood of the Mystic Way, as well as many other books for young readers. She spent her childhood roaming over the Yorkshire moors and dreaming of the Bront? sisters. After studying in Cambridge, London, and Paris, she became a teacher. She has taught in a girls? boarding school and also in a drama school where it was rumored that the ghost of a young girl could be heard crying in the night. Gillian was inspired to write this series in celebration of the power of first love, the strength of female friends