The Sugarspear Chronicles
ADVENTURE DRAMA EPIC FANTASY MYSTERY RELIGIOUS GOTHIC HORROR MELODRAMA SCI-FI YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE CHILDREN'S SUSPENSE/THRILLER
1960s & '70s,1980s & '90s,Contemporary,Future,Across Centuries
Nicole Arlyn
Logline
Sadie is a young girl from a dreary town in America who falls down a weeping willow tree and travels through imaginary worlds searching for a king to bring her father home.
Genre
Adventure,Drama,Epic,Fantasy,Mystery,Religious,Gothic,Horror,Melodrama,Sci-fi,Young Adult,Romance,Children's,Suspense/Thriller
Short Summary
Sadie is a dreamy young girl from a broken home in a small town in America. She has one friend name Billy also an outcast and she passionately writes under her weeping willow tree creating worlds that she would rather live in. When life at home gets too unbearable she falls down the tree into...
After a long deep dark glorious journey Sadie returns home with all the mysteries of the Kingdom of Love and understands her true life's purpose.When she sees her father on a dirt road she realizes all the need and desperation to find him has left her as she now has the keys to her own bravery.
Setting
Imaginary fantasy places called Muddlewoods, Thornesboggle, and the Kingdom of Revelathia
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Overcoming Monster/Villain,Rags to Riches,Internal Journey/Rebirth,Quest,Voyage and Return
Plot - Other Elements
Coming of Age,Happy Ending,Meaningful Message,Philosophical Questions,Twist
Mature Audience Themes
Sexual Abuse, Language/Profanity
Main Character Details
Name: Sadie Sugarspear. A dark haired green eyed pale skinned beauty. Begins as an 11 year old girl and goes into young adult. She is a dreamer, wounded and passionte to find what her heart longs for. She never quits. She has severe writing talent. She is an outcast. She is from a broken home and dreams of a better world. She talks to God. She believes in impossible things. Supernatural occurances are natural to her. She is an overcomer, a riser upper. She goes from low self esteem to total warrior.
Age: 11-21
Gender: Female
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Adventurous,Aspiring,Badass,Aggressive,Charming,Complex,Confident,Crazy,Desperate,Engaging,Empathetic,Faithful,Gracious,Insecure,Leader,Naive,Underdog,Sexy,Outspoken,Funny,Visionary,Romantic,Secretive,Seductive,Manipulative
Additional Character Details
Name: Billy Flath. A young blond haired boy also abandoned by his father. He is a dreamer like Sadie, passionate about fishing and hunting frogs. He makes up stories and is in love with Sadie and dreams of running away with her. He walks with a limp that happened because of his mean step dad. He tries to be braver than he is, older than he is in order to protect Sadie. Sweet loving boy.
Age: 11-13
Gender: Male
Role: Sidekick
Key Traits: Adventurous,Aspiring,Charming,Clumsy,Underdog,Empathetic,Engaging,Faithful,Heroic,Insecure,Naive,Uneducated,Sexy,Funny,Visionary,Romantic,Strong Moral Code,Lone Wolf
Additional Character Details
Name: King Orphanos
Age: 33-50
Gender: Male
Role: antagonist
Key Traits: Badass,Aggressive,Charming,Complex,Decisive,Greedy,Heartthrob,Insecure,Masculine,Villainous,Narcisstic,Sexy,Power Hungry,Secretive,Sophisticated,Manipulative,Unapologetic
Additional Character Details
Name: King Salvinthian
Age: 50-
Gender: Male
Role: mentor
Key Traits: Adventurous,Charming,Aspiring,Complex,Engaging,Faithful,Gracious,Heroic,Honorable,Leader,Obedient,Sexy,Religious,Visionary,Romantic,Secretive,Strong Moral Code,Sophisticated
Development Pitch
There is not a story like this one the planet, and at the same time it is a classic fairy tale, rags to riches, overcoming of the underdog. A little girl named Sadie Sugarspear goes through every length, every dark experience through imaginary mind blowing worlds to find the King of Wishes who could bring her father back home and restore the peace that once was in her home. She goes through deep rials and tribulations all kinds of experiences with otherworldly creatures and crazy characters and difficult landscapes, never giving up...to alas discover a Kingdom of beauty and love so glorious she will never be the same again. There she finds her purpose to write books and real love when she marries the Kings son. She brings the treasures of darkness and the treasures of this Kingdom back home. The epic amount of material of 26 novellas in the series would make this a perfect TV series in its scope and magnitude of material already written and carved out as a series. Each episode is Sadie overcoming another obstacle and antagonist on her journey. It would also be insane in animation. Another option would be 3 films based on the books. There are so many characters and twists of plot and story within the story and visually it's like nothing ever seen before in terms of the worlds. It is in the vein Game of Thrones, Pan's Labyrinth, Chronicles of Narnia, Alice in Wonderland darker and far more intense. There is also huge inspiration to see a young girl endure and conquer so much!