When reading about this series online I saw a review from a woman who said the books would appeal mostly to boys. I have to disagree wholeheartedly here – not once while being engrossed in these books did it occur to me that these were books better suited to boys, or that it should matter that the main character was a boy. I love fantasy and adventure, period, and this series had plenty of that.

These are the types of books that made me fall in love with reading, and made me want to be a writer. If I could ever write a book that made someone feel the way I felt when I read these – the sense of wonder and mystery and adventure – that would be something indeed.