Content: G (some violence)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Rosemary has been transported to a world that she thought was her Aunt Jo’s invention. Though she doesn’t believe at first, she is quickly converted, as her life is in danger and Jo has left a couple of reluctant allies to help Rosemary. Then her most persistent school bully steals the watch that allows Rosemary to travel between realms, and Rosemary has only five days to help him. That means she has to confront the last seven of the twelve Smoke Keepers, when Aunt Jo took years to only collect five. An impossible task, you say? Probably.
I appreciate that Sosna-Spear has tried to cram 13 realms of information and action into one book, but it is just too much. If a book should have been written as a series, this is it. No one world has enough time to develop, and neither does the main character. While the premise is interesting, the execution is all surface, without heart. It will grab some attention, but won’t have the staying power had it been more fully explored. Rosemary seems to be white.
Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS
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