Copper Breadcrumbs

Fourteen-year-old Frank Williams dreams of being a heroic knight like the legends he loves. Unfortunately, he lives in the wrong century and at school he is known only as “Frank the Fatso.” Bullies make it easy to forget that deep down he is really Sir Franklin the Hero.

 

After a deadly bus crash that leaves Frank mysteriously unharmed, he discovers he can sense a strange copper essence no one else notices.

 

Then students at school begin to vanish.

 

When Frank finds a copper scent is left from the places they disappeared from, he realizes something impossible may be happening. Magic.

 

To everyone else, Frank is just the boy who cried wizard. But if Frank wants to save his missing cousin, his classmates and himself, he will have to become the hero he has always imagined. He must band together with his two best friends to save everyone. Before they all vanish from the world forever and him with them.

Additional information

Genre

Action/Adventure, Contemporary, Fantasy, LGBTQ+

Age

Young Adult

Publisher

Independent

Imprint

Clandestine Citadel Press

Language(s)

English

Format(s)

eBook, Hardcover, Mass Market Paperback

Author

James Edgar

Release Date

11 June 2026

Release Month

June Releases

Author Identity

Disabled, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Plus Size

Content Rep

Chronic Illness, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Neurodivergence

About the Author

I am an LGBT American expat living in La Rochelle, France with my adorkable husband and our cat who prefers the title “Milord” Stark. I am currently an editor for the literary magazine Unicorn Teeth, and my short historical fantasy story, The Word on the Wall was published in the Beautiful Darkness Anthology by Dragon Soul Press.

 

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