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Fern's School for Wayward Fae
Series · 3 books · 2024-2026

Books in series

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#1

The Graveyard Gift

2024

Hold your breath, make the choice, and step into Fern’s School for Wayward Fae—where students are part human and part magical. A girl with peculiar abilities discovers nothing is what it seems when sinister forces causes one of her classmates to go missing. Perfect for fans of Wednesday. _A girl who know how you die. Her banshee roommate who knows when it happens. And wishes that sometimes, maybe come true … _ Rosemary Thorpe has aways been a bit different. She has the uncanny and unfortunate ability to foresee people’s deaths, which tend to land her in hot water. Well, not actual hot water – where it lands her is a place between worlds called Fern’s School for Wayward Fae, where Rosemary learns that her powers come from being part fae. At Fern’s school, Rosemary meets other who are part fae – including Trym, her banshee roommate whose screams can kill, and Essie, a djinn who grants wishes. But just as Rosemary settles in, a student vanishes in thin air. And it’s up to all the kids to use their curious gifts to find their missing friend …
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#2

The Grim Adventure

2025

Return to Fern’s School for Wayward Fae—where students are part human and part magical. In book 2 of this peculiar series, one demifae girl discovers that Death itself has Fern's students in sight . . . and the fate of the whole school is looking grim. A girl who's trapped in another realm. Her school, full of the peculiarly magical. And a hunt for Death itself... The month leading up to one’s thirteenth birthday can be exciting, but rarely does that thrill come in the form of a perilous chase. Nearly thirteen-year-old Rosemary Thorpe is on the run from a wicked statue come-to-life as she fights to discover what’s happening with the fae courts. She can see the future . . . and right now, it’s looking grim. Out of nowhere, legions of mushrooms threaten to overwhelm Fern's School for Wayward Fae. Someone tries to drown all the plants in the greenhouse. And as Rosemary searches for answers, it becomes clearer that something sinister is after the students and their curious gifts . . . and it’s closer than she might think.
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#3

The Daughter of Death

2026

Return to Fern’s School for Wayward Fae—where students are part human and part magical. In this sequel to the peculiar New York Times bestseller, one demifae girl discovers that Death itself has Fern's students in sight . . . and the fate of the whole school is looking grim. A girl with a graveyard gift. A mysterious hunt. And an unlikely escape from death... Sometimes the best part about birthdays is being surprised . . . but sometimes, well. It's not. Rosemary Thorpe's thirteenth birthday reveals the truth about her visions of death—just in time for her to foresee her own death. If that weren’t concerning enough, Rosemary’s classmates begin acting strangely as well—somehow forgetting whole conversations that they recently had, almost as if by magic. With the growing threat of the Seelie Fae Keeper taking control of Fern's—it’s clear that his influence has finally reached the school. But with winter upon them, Rosemary must also take part in the legendary Yule Hunt. Can she put a stop to the Keeper’s dastardly plans in the midst of the Hunt? Or is she about to meet her own grim end?

Authors

C.J. Piper
C.J. Piper
Author · 20 books

Fantasy author with an M.A. in Folklore, who loves to take pictures, eat french fries, and live my life as an all-around creative forest nymph! I'm so excited to bring you with me on my journey as I step out of our everyday lives and into the new fantasy world within The Night and Its Moon fantasy series! I wrote these books for an audience of one, and that audience was me. I wanted to see bi representation, love, mental health struggles, religious trauma, and overcoming the of obstacles that I needed to be modeled in my own life. At the end of the day I'm so proud of myself for creating the series that I'd always hoped I could read, and I hope someone is able to connect with them in a way that I have.

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