Content: G (mild danger)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
At 13yo, Zita has lived a long life of drudgery as an orphaned housemaid. Then comes the day she receives a fantastical letter – a letter that identifies her as the heir to the manor and fortune of the Brydgeborn family. The magical Brydgeborn family. Zita undertakes the journey alone and finds an almost empty manor, populated by only the two young workers and the cantankerous Mrs. Cantaker. While Zita struggles to harness and use the magical part of her legacy, she begins to realized that she is being manipulated. Dark forces are waiting for Zota to set them free, How can Zita find the courage and the learning to forge her own path?
Though the tone and tenor of the book are dark and foreboding, it is not excessive. For readers who enjoy the Pennyroyal Academy books by Larson or Birdie Bloom’s book by Beltz.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
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