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From the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato comes a poignant and “beguiling” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel about two teens trying to find their place in the world after being unceremoniously dragged to Salem, Massachusetts, for the summer.

Willow has never felt like she belonged anywhere…

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1 author picked Spells for Lost Things as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I bought this book because I’m a huge fan of Jenna Evans Welch, having devoured her Love & series.

I fell in love immediately with the two main characters, Willow and Mason. I adore stories told from two points of view (which is why I wrote one), and the two characters’ voices and stories are so different from each other and so compelling that I was completely hooked.

Mason’s story is a hard one: he’s in foster care because of his mom’s addiction, and all he wants to do is find her and be with her. As a…

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