The Ageless Gem

By Raeann Gillberg

A delightfully adventurous debut from 14-year-old author, Raeann Gillberg

Peter and his family are visiting Petra, a very old structure carved out of a cliff in Jordan and one of the seven wonders of the world. But for Peter this is anything besides a normal family vacation. From Peter’s strange dreams to Lilly’s crazy theories, nothing seems to make sense. Will Peter look past what he thinks he knows and find something inside himself he didn’t know was there? Will he unravel the mystery of the Ageless Gem, or is it nothing more than an ageless bedtime story?

• Language: English
• Publisher: TouchPoint Press
• Release date: Nov 12, 2021
• ISBN: 1952816912

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The Ageless Gem

The Ageless Gem Series

Book 1

Raeann Gillberg

Relax. Read. Repeat.

THE AGELESS GEM (The Ageless Gem Series, Book 1)

By Raeann Gillberg

Published by TouchPoint Press

Brookland, AR 72417

www.touchpointpress.com

Copyright © 2019, 2021 Raeann Gillberg

All rights reserved.

eBook Edition

Softcover ISBN: 978-1-952816-91-8

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Editor: Jenn Haskin

Cover Design: ColbieMyles.com

Cover Image: Vector illustration of Temple of El-Khazneh, Jordan by Egor83 (Shutterstock)

Interior Images: (Shutterstock, all licenses on file) Silhouette of the maple leaf by panda_o; Graphical tyrannosaurus by Vorobiov Oleksii 8; T Rex by He.Art; Petra in Jordan, hand drawn sketch illustration by SAHAS2015; (Adobe Stock, license on file) World famous landmark collection: Petra, Jordan by SuriyaPhoto

First Edition

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021946558

To my amazing parents who have been there through my whole life, thank you.

1: The Prophecy

2: Lilly's Theory

3: Peter Finally Doesn't Get Eaten

4: The Legend of the Gems

5: Nothing Makes Sense

6: Lilly’s Crazy Plan

7: The Tyrannosaurus-Rex of Nightmares

8: The Secret Room

9: The Gem Masters

10: The Ageless Gem

11: A Great Discovery

12: How to Ride a T-Rex

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1: The Prophecy

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eter loved hiking with his family. He loved the way the light filtered through the leaves casting a cascade of patterns on the forest floor. He loved the scent of autumn leaves as they drifted past. Wait. . . . Autumn leaves, wasn’t it summer? Just then he heard the crashing sound