WATERMARK Plot Reveal!

Ever wonder what was on the other side of the river?  If you grew up going to camp every summer in Alto Frio, Texas, I know you have.  You and your friends came up with wild stories about an old man who would shoot you dead if he caught you on his land.  And because you were in Texas, you knew your crazy story wasn't really all that crazy.  The waiver all the campers had to sign saying they wouldn't touch the land on the other side of the Alto Frio River also lent credibility to your outrageous imaginations.  Well, if you're still wondering what's really over there you clearly haven't been reading the PHANTOM ISLAND series by Krissi Dallas.  Because she answers the question campers have been asking for decades: What really is on the other side of the river?

Krissi Dallas is a long-time friend of mine (we met when we both started attending Castle Hills First Baptist School as eighth graders) who also grew up going to summer camp at Alto Frio.  Krissi is a smart, sassy, fun, beautiful, Godly woman who has an imagination just as wild, if not wilder than, anyone I know who's had the pleasure of spending a week each summer in Leakey, Texas.  In the first PHANTOM ISLAND book, WINDCHASER, I was completely shocked by the twist this young adult book takes when some campers and counselors defy camp rules and cross to the other side of the river and end up someplace they didn't know existed.  By the third book, WATERCROSSING, I realized Krissi had completely hit her stride in writing the series when I was so engrossed in the story line that I had completely forgotten who it was written by.  This is an amazing feat since Krissi bases the series' main character, Whitnee, on herself, and I can hear my friend's voice saying each of Whitnee's lines.

***Excerpt:

I stared at her in frustration. “What is with you?!” I exploded. She was not acting like my best friend. Like my Morgan. “You’ve been so different this summer, and I don’t get it!”

“Well, you’ve been different too! People change, you know,” she snapped back.

“If I’ve changed, fine. But at least I’m still honest with you. You, however, have turned into a liar! If we don’t have trust between us, then what do we have, Morgan?”

Join the rest of those who know what the White Island is, discover which Island Tribe you belong to here, and start reading the Phantom Island series!  Keep reading to see what you're missing...

***Plot Synopsis:

Relationships on the White Island are volatile and Whitnee, Morgan, and Caleb aren’t sure who they can trust—even each other. Politicians are lying, history is being rewritten, and motives are questionable. Whitnee sets out with Gabriel and a band of rebel spies to take back the enemy's biggest weapon—Whitnee's father. However, a shocking turn of events proves once again that the Island's secrets have the power to destroy more than just the truth. Separated from her friends, Whitnee battles her own fears in order to survive and protect the ones she loves. But when Morgan's illness finally comes to light, Whitnee faces a decision that could alter her future—and Morgan’s—forever. And whether she ultimately stays on the Island or leaves might not be her choice, after all.

 “…[An] earnest tale of magic and romance that deals with the great distance between pain and recovery.” –Kirkus Reviews (Windchaser, Phantom Island Book 1)

 

***Meet the Author:

Krissi Dallas loves pop music, mismatched socks, and fried chicken. She lives in Fort Worth, Texas with her youth minister husband, Sam, and their two wicked Yorkies, Elphie and Luna. Krissi enjoys hanging out with her quirky middle school students and building the dramatic, magical, and mysterious world that makes up the Phantom Island series. Be sure to check out Windchaser, Windfall, and Watercrossing. Krissi loves connecting with teens, as well as readers and writers of all ages! You can stalk her online at www.KrissiDallas.com.

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