Tara Duncan is the heroine of a series of bestselling novels in French written by Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian. The English translation by William Rodarmor of Volume 1, Tara Duncan and the Spellbinders, will be published by Skyhorse in May 2012. Volume 2, Tara Duncan and the Forbidden Book, is planned for 2013. An animated series that premiered in France in 2010 is now airing in the U.S. on Kabillion Girls rule! on demand with Comcast.
The central character of the series is a girl named Tara Duncan who discovers that she is a powerful "spellbinder," with magic powers. Her adventures begin when she is 12 and take her to the planet OtherWorld and beyond. Magic is present in those worlds, as are evil wizards, giants, "vampyrs," and two-headed business administrators. Tara's companions in adventure include her fellow Earthling Fabrice and the friends she makes on OtherWorld: a half-elf, a licensed thief, and a short-tempered but warm-hearted female dwarf.
Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian, who is also the author of other series, has so far written nine Tara Duncan volumes.
Tara has been described as "Harry Potter's little French sister."