For Joshua Cook and Evelina Joy, it's a long walk to the Silver Conference - but neither trainer is battling to be the very best. A coming-of-age story of adventure, friendship, and being a young adult in the world of Pokémon.

350 years ago, the Brass Tower burned down, and a new legend was born, a legend as much about humans as about pokémon. In this series, Nine Pretty Butterflies explores the history, folklore, and science of ten legendary pokémon from Kanto and Johto: from Entei to Articuno, from Ho-oh to Mew.

From coast to coast and to the heart of the countryside, along ancient trackways and through the celebrated streets of the cities, Bethany Pavell sets off to rediscover the essence of Kanto: the legends, the history and the people that flavour the region, and the tension between humanity and the natural world that has come to define it.

A stand-alone spin off from my longer story, The Long Walk. You don't need to read The Long Walk to enjoy this one! Joshua Cook hates dancing, but when he's forced to take lessons before Aunt Cassie's wedding, he finds that it's not so bad when paired up with a pretty Kalosian pokémon trainer