Language: G (0 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
10yo Lola and her 14yo brother Alex live in a magical place with a marvelous tree in a beautiful garden. Lola is the only one who can see all the magic happening in the garden, but when the plants and the beautiful tree start to exhibit signs of some kind of blight, and then her brother gets a rash that is similar, Lola tries to find out what she needs to do. It means traveling with a fairy of sorts to a magical world that only she can save, and save her own world too.
Oh dear, the world building was too much too fast! The narrator kept referencing "The Thing That Happened" as the family event that changed their lives - I was sure it was relevant to the ending, and we would eventually find out what the thing was, but I tired of all the details and "shrouded events" long before the story picked up and became interesting. Just barely recommending because the ending was satisfying and almost made me not regret getting there. The characters are Mexican.
Lisa Librarian
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