The Torchbearer's Quest

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Cate McConnell's life is a mess.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>All she wants is to belong. But when her best friend betrays and bullies her she becomes the laughingstock of her middle school. To make matters worse she discovers a mysterious crystal that has a mind of its own and catapults her from science class into an enchanted rainforest-and back</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-</span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>without warning. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Desperate to figure out what's going on Cate asks Davis a grade-eight geology geek for help. He delivers shocking news: the crystal is a sign she's a torchbearer someone with a mission to change the world.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>She refuses to believe it but the crystal has other plans and plunges her into a magical quest affecting the future of the planet.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Through one wild adventure after another as she faces peril and stumbles upon new friends will Cate call upon her strengths to fulfill her quest or risk a horrible unthinkable fate?</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>An adventure story about courage friendship and the power of self-belief.</strong></p>