Lara Pen and The Spell of Five. Lara Pen, #1

A magical pen. A missing grandmother. A hidden school where every door has a secret. Eleven-year-old Lara Pen has always known the orchard behind her house is strange. Her loyal dog Princess growls at shadows no one else can see, and the old silver pen on her windowsill seems to know more than it should. Then Lara finds the Spiral. When a glowing mark appears on her wrist, Lara is pulled into Arclight, a mysterious school of shifting corridors, whispering portraits, hidden libraries, dangerous trials, and rules that do not always behave.
But Lara is not alone. Her best friend Viva Bell can bend tiny moments whenever she can see a clock. Chloe, a sharp-tongued black cat, has secrets of her own. Juno loves maps and rules. Rafe hides careful fire behind a sharp mouth. And Princess may be the only one who can sense wrong magic before it strikes. But something dark has noticed Lara's mark. Drelmort, a shadowy figure tied to Grandma Stephanie's disappearance, wants the Spiral for himself.
Behind him waits the Hollow, a place of silence, fear, and forgotten things. To uncover what really happened to her grandmother, Lara must follow the clues, face the trials, and learn that real magic is not about being fearless. It is about choosing what is right, even when fear is trying to win. Lara Pen and the Spell of Five is a magical children's fantasy adventure full of friendship, mystery, enchanted classrooms, talking cats, loyal pets, clock magic, hidden doors, and one brave girl discovering the power of truth.