Published in 2001, The Serpent’s Egg became an instanthit among Canadian middle readers and ’tweens, selling thousands byword-of-mouth alone.

Ottawa is under siege. Parliament Hill has fallen to the Demon.The fate of the entire world rests in the hands of Miranda and her Ottawa schoolfriends. Searching through the labyrinth of tunnels under the Library ofParliament, they must find a portal into a parallel world, where the only way tosave the two worlds from the Demon and her crazed minions is to capture theSerpent’s egg.

In the classic tradition of epic fantasy, The Serpent’s Egghas all the magic ingredients for a captivating tale: good versus evil, anunlikely heroine, awesome battles, evil-doers extraordinaire, and a story thatputs courage and friendship to the test.

KIDS LOVE THESERPENT’S EGG!"I couldn’t put it down. I thinkyour ideas about a world under Ottawa aregreat and you should write a sequel." - Jason,age 14"I can’t wait to read the nextbook!" - Samantha, age 13

J. FITZGERALD McCURDY was born in Ontario but insists she grew up in J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythical land of Gondor. A retired lawyer, McCurdy has also worked as a documentary film writer. She. lives in Ottawa. You can visit her on the web atwww.jfitzgeraldmccurdy.com.

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