This young adult book grabs the reader from the first page.
Inna Lin is a girl living in a small village in the Philippines with her very big family. They are very impoverished and the struggle for them to put food on the table is palpable, but their joy and caring for each other is significant.
When Inna receives a special bracelet on her 12th birthday everything changes for her.
She discovers she has some new powers and uses them to help her family thrive, unfortunately this attracts unwanted attention and Inna finds herself in trouble.
The characters in this book are well-written and feel very real. The plot moves at an excellent pace, especially for the target age. This book made me cry.
Inna Lim’s twelfth birthday brings a big surprise: a mysterious bracelet that unveils an extraordinary power to see the unseen.Suddenly, she has a chance to lift her family out of poverty. However, she becomes ensnared by a sinister couple and their devious son. Her family's safety and her own liberty hang in the balance.But Inna isn’t alone. She discovers deeper aspects of her powers that help her connect with animals, who become her allies. Guided by a spectral figure from her dreams and aided by her newfound friends, Inna navigates a perilous high-stakes journey that tests her courage.“Hidden Eyes of…
The originality of this book of two short stories was incredible. I have never read anything quite like it.
I was especially draw in by the second story about the Alchemist who caters to the rich by creating ever more disturbing creatures to satisfy their strange sexual appetites. It escalates very quickly.
This book has some incredible illustrations and the horror stories are deeply disturbing but fun short reads.
A brilliant child psychologist is faced with a terrible lawsuit that dismantles her career. When her sister calls her back to her hometown to help with a mysterious child who has wandered out of the woods. Is this really a wolf girl or just a poor lost child?
When she fosters the little girl and spends the winter teaching her to talk is probably some of the most powerful writing I have read. So many emotions this writer evokes from these pages.
12-year-old Laura was just a normal girl from Seattle when her mother decided to move to a mysterious town in the mid-west. The moment they arrive in their new home hundreds of frogs rain from the sky.
Her quirky new neighbor has a house full of knickknacks and odd tiny creatures beckoning from the shadows, and there's a terrible curse on the town that makes every summer storm a life-threatening event. Welcome to the town of Deluge.
