This image is the cover for the book The Hex Chromosome

The Hex Chromosome

At age 13, Tina had resigned herself to being an only child. She is thrilled when her parents manage to adopt a Scottish orphan and bring her home to live with their small family in rural Ontario. Catriona is just a few months younger than Tina and seems like a perfect fit. Catriona is eager to assimilate in her new Canadian surroundings and learns to ski and swim, and quickly becomes part of a tight threesome along with Tina’s best friend Sophie. Tina’s universally disliked art teacher, Miss Plunk, and her amateur magician brother Irwin Plunk seem to take an unusually strong aversion to the orphan, and the feeling is reciprocated. Tina begins to sense that all is not completely normal with her adopted sister. She finds herself holding secrets from her parents as she and Sophie are introduced into a world of magic, adventure, and danger.

Alison Seely

Alison Seely is a published author, veterinarian and animal chiropractor. She and her husband live on a small lake in Ontario, Canada, with a massive Great Dane-cross, called Haka. Raising their three children in a rural setting without television required creativity. Alison used to entertain them with bedtime stories, crafted about an ordinary girl and her adopted sister with witch powers. Her now adult children persuaded her to create a book about the characters.

Austin Macauley Publishers