Emily Rodda
Emily Rodda is a pseudonym used by Jennifer June Rowe (born 1948). Jennifer Rowe is an Australian author, who writes adult fiction under her own name and children's fiction under the pseudonym of Emily Rodda.
Rowan and his mother have been called to Maris to choose the new Keeper of the seaside village's precious Crystal, a dangerous task Rowan's family has been bound to for generations.
But this time, something goes terribly wrong. Rowan's mother is poisoned and near death, and Rowan must find the antidote, outwit a deadly sea serpent, and pick a new Keeper – before it's too late.