Tagline: Sent away because of her feelings for a girl, she discovered a birthright of magic at her aunt’s lake house.
Book Description:
Thirteen-year-old Zinnia is about to turn fourteen when her life is flipped upside down. With her parents on the brink of a divorce, Zinnia is sent to spend the summer with her eccentric great-aunts on their lake house away from her home in Manhattan. Zinnia arrives at her aunt’s massive Victorian house, with a heavy heart.
After a recent falling out, she had with her best friend Charlotte, who betrayed her trust by showing the meanest and most popular girl in school a letter Zinnia wrote confessing her feelings for Charlotte. The aunts rely on practical magic, acceptance, and old family friends to help heal their great-niece in more ways than one.
But what no one expected that summer was for Zinnia to meet Billie, another girl who was more like Zinnia than she would have guessed.
“It’s just for the summer.” That’s what
my parents told me as I boarded the train to spend three months in the
countryside with my great-aunts. The city skyline faded into the distance,
replaced by rolling hills that climbed high into the horizon. The gentle
rocking of the train lulled me into a trance. Three months in an old house, on
top of a tall hill overlooking a silent lake in a sleepy village with nothing
to do, was enough to make me lose my mind.
“Great,” I said out loud to
myself, my thoughts turning to the city that I was leaving behind. There was
always something to do in Manhattan, whether it was going out to eat, going to
a skateboard park, catching a movie or going to the mall. By the time the
conductor announced Ambrosia Hill, I was the only passenger left. Me, myself,
and I, all alone, a ticket for one to the last stop on the line.
I peeked out of the window and
saw the glistening ripples of Lake Cauldron. The black turrets of a tall
Victorian-style house touched the clouds like a church steeple
in an empty town. I could almost see both my aunts sitting on the porch
overlooking their enormous garden, drinking freshly squeezed lemonade with
their long black dresses, wide-brimmed hats and crimson boots.As the train
rolled to a stop, I grabbed my suitcase then left the car.The station was quiet
and empty, much like my plans for the summer.
About the Author:
Rebecca Henry is an American author living abroad in England. She is a devoted vegan who gardens, practices yoga, crafts, travels the world, and bakes. Rebecca’s favorite holiday is Halloween, and she is obsessed with anything and everything witchy! Besides writing fiction, Rebecca is also the author of her vegan holiday cookbook collection and green living lifestyle book. Her love for animals, baking with her family, having a plant-based diet, and cruelty-free, green lifestyle inspired her nonfiction novels. You can find all Rebecca’s books on Amazon and Goodreads.
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