Elemental Island James Japp *Bronze Medal Winner in the

*Bronze Medal Winner in the Education / Academic / Teaching Category of the 2011 IPPY Awards*

and explores journal writing

and obsessive interests and routines that accompanied creative genius in the past four centuries

As a consequence

Elemental Island James Japp *Bronze Medal Winner in the*Silver medal winner in the 'Middle Grades Fiction' category of the Nautilus Book Awards 2015* Astie has always been different. Her 12th birthday is looming and she still has not decided on her thesis. All the Learners at the Hub picked theirs years ago. If it wasn't for her cousin, Jakob, life would be unbearable on Elemental Island. On the verge of being diagnosed with Social Syndrome, she stumbles upon Danny who has landed in a forbidden flight