Searchlight: The Rock

Ann Bryant

Laura Wood

Age 7-12

£9.99

Publication February 2024 

After being forced to flee from their home planet, twins Zane and Finola find themselves on Earth. Dad is lost and Mum is no longer able to teleport, meaning that it is up to the twins to reunite their family. With such a large reward on offer for whoever is able to find the ‘aliens’, Zane and Finola can’t trust anyone and must make sure that they never break cover on their tour of planet Earth.

Searchlight: Treasure Hunt

Ann Bryant

Laura Wood

Age 7-12

£9.99

Publication March 2025

Book one of the series sees Zane and Finola learning new skills in their journey around Albrigart. Zane and Finola are now in another country at a traditional country fête, but Finola catches sight of a familiar face and the twins have to escape. But if they go now, they won’t get to join in the treasure hunt, which they are now convinced will lead them to Dad.

Searchlight: Carrion Crow

Ann Bryant

Laura Wood

Age 7-12

£9.99

Publication November 2025

The news is reporting that a fourth member

of the alien family, believed to be the father

has handed himself over to ANT. Could this

be Dad? Or is it a trap? The twins teleport to the ANT headquarters in the fictional town of Molshtock to see what they can find out. Everyone is on the lookout

for twins so Finola and Zane separate. It is in the brain museum that Zane comes across the amazing stuffed carrion crow along with Dad’s incredible message. The twins must now put their trust in Nick Robinson

Searchlight: The Capture

Ann Bryant

Laura Wood

Age 7-12

£9.99

Publication July 2026

Zane’s teleporting skills are diminishing, but he must make the journey to Balacira. After a long and exhausting journey, Zane is reunited with Finola and Nick. Nick engineers a meeting with Dad in a remote part of the grounds of the hotel, but unbeknown to the family, a worker from the hotel is watching the encounter from a little distance and reports the family to the authorities. As they are discovered lying low in the hotel, the twins and Dad are suddenly surrounded by journalists but Zane and Finola manage to escape as Dad offers himself up to ANT to

protect them. But what happens to Dad and will Zane and Finola make it back home with the journalists following them?

Searchlight: Them and Us

Ann Bryant

Laura Wood

Age 7-12

£9.99

Publication November 2026

Mum and the twins decide the game is up and they will hand themselves in just to be with Dad. And so, the family is reunited in a very moving scene, but at what cost? The twins fear for their lives when they

become separated from Mum and Dad, captured by an evil faction working undercover in ANT.

Searchlight: Escape

Ann Bryant

Laura Wood

Age 7-12

£9.99

Publication July 2027

The evil faction in ANT imprisons the twins. These imposters in the research company plan to steal Finola’s teleporting brain power. Finola and Zane have to use all the skills they’ve learn in order to escape. In a final twist the twins return to Albrigart, where they re-meet the elderly ape, and discover that

empathy knows no limits.

Meet the Author

Ann Bryant is a writer with several internationally successful series from Cafe Club to Ballerina Dreams. She also writes in the field of Music Education. Ann is often invited to schools in the UK and abroad to give presentations and workshops. The Searchlight Series is her first publication with Graffeg.

Meet the Illustrator 

Laura Wood is originally from Treviglio, a small town in the north of Italy. She studied illustration in Melbourne, Australia, but now lives and works in Milan with her two cats. Since 2012, Laura has illustrated picture books, junior fiction, magazines and textbooks.

The European Travel Commission is pleased to offer financial support to publishers within Europe for the translation and publication of Searchlight: The Rock from Graffeg.