Mantchev, Lisa

Beatrice Shakespeare Smith, raised in the enchanted Theatre Illuminata, discovers she can make things happen by writing them, but when she leaves the confines of the theater she finds reality more difficult to handle, especially when she is torn between Nate, a suave and swashbuckling pirate, and Ariel, a seductive air spirit.

Beatrice Shakespeare Smith, raised in the enchanted Theatre Illuminata, discovers she can make things happen by writing them, but when she leaves the confines of the theater she finds reality more difficult to handle, especially when she is torn between Nate, a suave and swashbuckling pirate, and Ariel, a seductive air spirit.

Thirteen-year-old Bertie strives to save Theater Illuminata, the only home she has ever known, but is hindered by the Players who magically live on there, especially Ariel, who is willing to destroy the Book at the center of the magic in order to escape into the outside world.