I’m always challenged by these sorts of books where any magic is not immediately apparent, because the conscientious reader has to go all the way to the end to determine if the book is truly a fantasy novel or whether mental illness, slight of hand, foolery, or some other element explains away the unexplainable. City girl Maddy is feeling enchanted by her new surroundings when she sees something gleaming below the boat – a girl underwater? Her older sisters have each gone, one by one, but they saw only the problems of the bayou and didn’t seek out the wonders.
It’s finally Maddy’s turn for a bayou summer. MG fantasy, 242 pages + excerpt from Towers Falling.
Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group, New York, 2015.
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