![]() ![]() I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.'' Never deigning to transcend the genre to which it is clearly a love letter, this outstanding (and entirely teen-appropriate) tale draws its strength from a solid foundation of sense-of-wonder and what-if. Walton beautifully captures the outsider's yearning in Mori's earthy and thoughtful journal entries: ''It doesn't matter. Mori works a spell to find kindred souls and soon meets a welcoming group of science fiction readers, but she can feel her mother looking for her, and this time Mori won't be able to escape. Seeking refuge with a father she barely knows in England, Mori is shunted off to a grim boarding school. Welsh teen Morwenna was badly hurt, and her twin sister killed, when the two foiled their abusive mother's spell work. ![]() World Fantasy Award–winner Walton (Tooth and Claw) turns the magical boarding school story inside out in this compelling coming-of-age tale. ![]()
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