Content: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
12yo Piper Peavey is worried about her father. His cancer has progressed and he needs to spend extended time in the hospital. Piper and her dad have been on their own since her mother left them when she was little, but now she's being sent to spend the summer at her grandmother's estate. Arriving there, Piper finds a group of children, close to her age as well as her mother who is barely involved except to enforce behavior. It seems these children have magical powers, called affinities, and are working at the Estate with the hopes of being adopted. The children are needed to find a magical elixir in the witch's enchanted garden, but Piper wants to find it first - to save her father.
I do like stories with kids who have magical powers, and these kids are learning how to use theirs - in the case of Piper, discovering what hers are. The mystery unravels slowly, the trials in the garden were dangerous and exciting, and the ending is satisfying but leaves a few openings for a sequel.
Lisa Librarian
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