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?

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Ann Bryant is a writer with several internationally successful series from Café 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.

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.

Worldwide rights available with support for translation:
Grants may be available for language adaptations in European territories. For a full list of eligible countries, visit: https://etc-corporate.org/our-members/
Contact the publisher, rights@graffeg.com or info@therightssolution.co.uk for more information. For more information, visit: https://graffeg.com/blogs/news/etc-translation-grants

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