Secret Writers Society
(2027)(The third book in the Brightwood Files series)
A novel by Kathleen Guire
The invitation looked like a dream come true. Until kids started disappearing.
Ellie expected secret codes, writing workshops, and dusty library archives.
She didn’t expect kids to start disappearing.
Growing up off the grid gave Ellie survival skills most teens don’t have — and plenty of time to become a better writer than almost anyone her age. So when she’s invited to the Secret Writers Society’s elite conference at a massive ancient library, she finally gets the chance to do something normal instead of training at spy school.
Annabelle refuses to be left behind and tags along to work on her future bestseller, What Spies Should Wear. But the conference quickly turns strange when attendees begin vanishing overnight. Worse, each missing teen is quietly replaced the next morning as though nothing happened.
Ellie and Annabelle soon uncover the terrifying truth: every invited student is in foster care, making them the perfect targets for traffickers hiding inside the conference itself. Now the girls must uncover who’s behind the operation before more kids disappear for good.
Because if the traffickers discover two teen spies are onto them…
Ellie and Annabelle may never make it out of the library alive.
Book Three in the Brightwood Shadows series — an upper middle grade mystery packed with secret societies, hidden passages, brave foster kids, spy gadgets, friendship, and dangerous secrets.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Ellie expected secret codes, writing workshops, and dusty library archives.
She didn’t expect kids to start disappearing.
Growing up off the grid gave Ellie survival skills most teens don’t have — and plenty of time to become a better writer than almost anyone her age. So when she’s invited to the Secret Writers Society’s elite conference at a massive ancient library, she finally gets the chance to do something normal instead of training at spy school.
Annabelle refuses to be left behind and tags along to work on her future bestseller, What Spies Should Wear. But the conference quickly turns strange when attendees begin vanishing overnight. Worse, each missing teen is quietly replaced the next morning as though nothing happened.
Ellie and Annabelle soon uncover the terrifying truth: every invited student is in foster care, making them the perfect targets for traffickers hiding inside the conference itself. Now the girls must uncover who’s behind the operation before more kids disappear for good.
Because if the traffickers discover two teen spies are onto them…
Ellie and Annabelle may never make it out of the library alive.
Book Three in the Brightwood Shadows series — an upper middle grade mystery packed with secret societies, hidden passages, brave foster kids, spy gadgets, friendship, and dangerous secrets.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction