Christopher, Lucy Storm-Wake, 320 pages. Chicken House (Scholastic), AUGUST 2018. $18. Language: PG (12 swears, 0 ‘f’); Mature
Content: G; Violence: G.
Moss and her Ps have lived on their secret island for more
years than Moss knows. Their only
companions are a horse and a dog and Cal, another odd castaway thrown up by the
sea. Pa puts all of his energy into the
magical flowers that bloom all over the island.
Cal, though is always looking for a way off the island. When two new boys are shipwrecked also, all
of their lives will change forever and the magic will begin to unravel.
There is not enough magic within the pages to make this
novel sparkle, nor does the writing mesmerize like Shakespeare’s original. The mystical origins are vague instead of
dreamy and the ending leaves questions for which I am not sure I care to find
answers.
HS – OPTIONAL. Cindy,
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