Product Description

'Who is Charlie Keeper?' tells the tale of Charlie, an iron-willed, twelve year old girl suffering an unjust and unhappy fate. Forced to flee her home in the gloomy, rain-drenched landscape of London by a bloodthirsty and terrifying new foe, she escapes to the vibrant, parallel land of Bellania with nothing more than her common sense and razor-sharp wits to keep her safe. Bellania, a land of myth, magic and marauding giants with bad attitude and poor anger management. With the fate of a world resting squarely upon her shoulders Charlie must learn about her destiny in order to defeat Bane, the Stoman Lord.And even with all the unspeakable betrayals, vicious enemies and terrible odds that are stacked against her, Charlie could probably succeed... ...if only she could learn to keep her big mouth shut and her opinions to herself. Who is Charlie Keeper? is the first installment in the Charlie Keeper Trilogy. Charlie Keeper and the Darkness planned release end '09

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #502399 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 387 pages

Review
...This book is a must read, the perfect mixture of a cracking story and beautiful illustrations. The best news of all is that it is only the first book in a proposed trilogy... --Fantasy Book Review

...Better than Rowling... --The Truth About Books

...Even though the book is self published you can definitely compare the author to the likes of J K Rowling, Tolkien and Prachett - it really does have that much potential. The lead character is a girl but she must be the coolest lead character the team at Doodled Books has ever come across... --Doodled Books

Customer Reviews

Charlie Keeper: A most incredible journey!
I've been waiting so long for a page turner that I can't put down and my prayers have been answered! This book is absolutley brill! Every chapter finished leaves you wanting to read more! Charlie is an adorably feisty heroine and the characters she encounters are dripping rich with personality! Alexander has managed to keep an even balance between real life and fantasy that you forget it's all fiction! I can't wait till the next novel(or a sequel perhaps?)

Better than Harry Potter!!
Okay so its a female hero, which for me makes a change but to be honest she's just too cool! Big mouth, big attitude(and likeable) but nevertheless very believable. Charlie Keeper overcomes terrible odds and countless, bitter betrayals in a realistic way and really comes to grips with the term 'revenge' in a way that Harry never did. (The magic in this book is more believable too and less condescending than that found in other books of this genre.)
A hero to root for and badass with it too!!

One of those wonderful books...
Whenever i pick up a fantasy novel i feel an twinge of excitement and anticipation at what lies within the pages, an eagerness to have my imagination stretched in ways no computer game or modern device can come close to fulfilling.

and this book definitely doesn't dissapoint! It's very much alive, and has the telltale calibre of a good book in that i didnt spot the author throughout, and I was completely absorbed in the world of bellania.

The author can proudly rub shoulders, so to speak, with the likes of tolkien, pratchett and rowling, and he also manages to infuse a unique slice of attitude and coolness to the whole design, bringing refreshing originality to the genre. A good read!