The Lost Secret of the Green Man

The Crystal Keeper Chronicles #2

by Tiffany Turner

Who's got time for homework when your problems involve evil sorcerers? Wanda should be studying for a quiz, avoiding the bullies at her new school and living a normal tweenage life. But, she is called upon once more to be a savior of the fairies, a protector of the fey, a Crystal Keeper. Bees are dying, fairies are missing and nobody knows why.

Wanda and her new friend, Edina, visit a crystal store to search for clues. They read about the Green Man, a forest king who Wanda thinks could be the key to solving the mystery. But, when a unicorn appears in her bedroom, the mystery just seems to deepen. Perhaps by asking the right questions, she can find the answer to the crisis. Or will she just end up in peril herself?

Genres: Fantasy

120 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 2009

About the author

Mrs. Turner is retired from teaching and is writing full time in her home in Northern California. She has taught grades 2, 3, 4, and 5 for 18 years. She enjoys traveling to exciting places while researching ideas for stories and novels. She also participates in Renaissance Fairs in Northern California. She often can be found walking about fair playing the Gaelic Harp. She has been wire-wrapping crystal pendants and selling her jewelry on-line and at craft fairs since 1989. She recently has expanded into creating soap products. When not doing her hobbies, she enjoys quiet time with her cat and husband. The cat, of course, is the center of attention.

Her fourth book in the Crystal Keeper Chronicles, The Lost Secret of Time, released on Sept. 10, 2018. She also has recently released two picture books, "I Don't Want to Wear a Mask" in Sept. 2020 and "I Don't Want to Get a Shot" in Feb. 2022. During the lockdowns, she wrote out her knowledge from self-publishing into an instructional book called "Get Ready to Push the Button: A Beginner's Guide to Self-Publishing". It released during the summer of 2020.

She is currently working on a sequel to her Crystal Keeper series in which Brewford tells his stories.

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Won this book in the first-reads contest, and it was pretty decent. It is definitely targeted to young middle-schoolers, and the beginning of the book deals almost exclusively with middle school life, which for an adult reader is not entirely all that interesting. But the story does pick up after Wanda enters the fairy world. If I was in 5th or 6th grade, I would probably have loved this book, but being an adult reader, it just doesn't hold the same appeal. That said, the only other weird part of the book was when the shop-keeper's name apparently changed from "Mrs. Lawrence" to "Mrs. Wilkinson" without warning on page 39; editing error? It threw me for a loop, and I kept going back over pages to try to figure out who this new Mrs. Wilkinson was, and where she came from.

[Cheryl-Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this through the goodreads first reads program.

A cute tween fantasy. I wish I could have read the first one but the author has enough explanation to know basically what happened before this book so the story makes sense and is enjoyable. Interesting storyline and problem along with unique characters! Fun read.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, without having read the first one in the series, it was easy to pick up the story.
Although it is probably aimed at a younger demographic, I enjoyed this book and was taken back to child hood and started thinking about fairytales and the myths and legends that you hear and it lets your imagination go into another world and escape the busy life, where you can ponder are fairytales based on truths?

Highly enjoyable, and even though I am probably not the target audience, I would happily read the series should I come across it. :-)

[Kevis Hendrickson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very enjoyable read. Twice as good as the first book. But I question the ending a little. Not satisfied by Wanda's attitude towards her best friend's fate. Other than that, I'd recommend this to any fan of young adult fantasy books, especially considering how difficult it is to find family-friendly fiction in this genre nowadays.

[Merrilee · Rating 1 out of 5]

I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway. I was so excited to get it, and so disappointed to read it.

While the story might have been interesting, the language was so poor that I didn't finish. I had to force myself to read past the first few chapters. There is a point where the prose interferes with the story, and this book reached that point in the first few pages.

I couldn't finish it. And I certainly wouldn't pass it on to any young reader. Middle-grade readers are, more than any other reader, still formulating their language skills. Exposure to prose this poor is not in their best interests.

The author does herself a disservice by not hiring a competent editor to go through the work and fix not only the language problems, but the story as well. Two-dimensional characters, no real conflict, incorrect word usage - all this could have been corrected, and it might than have made a decent book.

[Kevis Hendrickson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very enjoyable read. Twice as good as the first book. But I question the ending a little. Not satisfied by Wanda's attitude towards her best friend's fate. Other than that, I'd recommend this to any fan of young adult fantasy books, especially considering how difficult it is to find family-friendly fiction in this genre nowadays.

[Uriah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this fromy sister-in-law who won it as a first read. It is a cute girly fantasy story. I was a little disappointed with the character development, especially the main character's lack of concern for her friend at he conclusion. This may partially be due to the fact that it is a sequel.

[Ashley]

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