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Continuing my catch-up reviews. This book was fantastic! It took me a little while to get into it - I kept feeling like it was just a little too impressed with its own cleverness - but once the story hooked me, I really enjoyed it. A very original take on the “chosen one/fish out of water” genre. Some have complained about it having a heavy-handed message, but I just didn‘t see it — and I‘m highly averse to that sort of thing. Fun and engaging.

Finally finished my #CCA #ATB book from ... was it April? Not to mention my kids have been urging me to read it for the better part of a decade. I enjoyed it more than I expected! It was fun to read and quite clever. It definitely reads like an opening book for a planned series rather than a stand alone, but that‘s not necessarily bad. As an adult, I found the plot twists predictable, but for middle grade readers I suspect it was just right.