Sixteen-year-old Amie lives with her mother Grace, a modern-day apothecary in Washington State who truly believes the herbs she grows and sells are magic. Amie doesn’t; if her mother’s spells and herbs had any power, her father never would have left them. But one morning, Amie finds that her mother has disappeared, leaving only a mysterious note behind. Amie finds herself staying with an aunt she barely knows, hunting for her mother through clues in Grace’s herb books. Amie chases answers that might not just lead her to her mother, but to answers about her father and, maybe, a touch of true magic.
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“A quick and magical family story that's accessible to all sorts of readers.” — School Library Journal
D. E. Daly can sometimes be found in her hometown of East Aurora, New York, a village full of haunted history and old railroad tracks. She studied writing in New Orleans and drifts back there once in a while for more of the city’s magic and music. She is always chasing her next story—except for when the story is chasing her.