Beanstalk

<p><strong>What if Jack didn't climb up the beanstalk</strong>?</p><p><br></p><p>Riffing off the old familiar fairy tale Beanstalk is a middle-grade contemporary fantasy adventure. When Jackie's dog disappears down a mysterious hole drilled by a supercharged beanstalk he and his friend Pete set out to find him. The pair--one the new kid in town the other a misfit who befriends him--become ensnared by the beanstalk and are carried to a strange underground world called Ondergrondse. Here they meet three kindly fairies one persuasive gnome a beautiful princess and a giant angry ogre.</p><p><br></p><p>The boys learn that as per an ancient prophecy they've been lured here for a reason that doesn't include finding their dog. They must foil a plot to deny a princess her rightful place on the throne. They have to convince her to go with them to the only place she will be safe--their Connecticut home in a world known to the inhabitants of Ondergrondse as Upworld. To do so they will have to overcome many challenges.</p>