The Thrilling Journey Awaits!
Bree and her friends embark on a seemingly harmless journey, in an effort to give their families a better life. What they do not know is that along the way, they will learn about what they are truly chasing. Not an extraordinary treasure, but an unforeseen trap. The desert through which they travel is supposed to be a barren isolated wasteland. However, little do they know that there are people living there trapped in time. When Bree is faced with an impossible task, will her bravery and selflessness save her friends, or will she crumble underneath the weight of her decision?
The story of
Isabela Lugo
My name is Isabela Lugo, I am 15 years old. I have just published my first book, Illusions of the Desert. Growing up I have read so many books and stories, and I love how writing can transport readers to other worlds. A turning point in my life as a reader/writer, was when my Mom and I walked into a $1 book store, I was about 9 years old. She picked up this big, thick, blue book, I was very discouraged by its size and small type, being a 3rd grader. The book was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the 5th book in the series. She insisted on buying it for me, as she knew Harry Potter was a must-read. Anyways, a few weeks later I picked up the book and started reading it for the first time. After a couple chapters I was completely immersed in the fantasy world. I couldn’t take my eyes away, but I realized that I needed to start from the first book. I spent the next few months completely lost in all of the stories. Harry Potter changed my life in the sense that I was introduced to the power of reading. I knew I wanted to write up a fictional world of my own one day.
