Author/Illustrator: Scott Chantler
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Grade levels: 4-5, 6-8
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Special Attractions: Teen Lead Characters
Synopsis: As an acrobat in a traveling circus, 14-year-old orphan Dessa Redd flies through the air with ease. Still, she is weighed down by troubling memories. But when her ragtag circus troupe pulls into the city of Kingsbridge, Dessa feels a tickle of hope. Maybe here in the royal city she will finally find her twin brother — or the mysterious man who snatched him away when they were just children. Meanwhile, Topper, the circus juggler, recruits Dessa and the circus strongman, Fisk, for the job of robbing the royal treasury. Hungry and desperate, both agree, setting off a series of adventures that will take the three thieves from one end of the world to the other in search of Dessa’s long-lost brother.
Titles in this series:
• Tower of Treasure
• The Sign of the Black Rock
• The Captive Prince
• The King’s Dragon
Read Tower of Treasure as a webcomic
Awards: 2011 Shuster Award winner for Best Comic for Kids