Magic in the Mix - Hardcover

Barrows, Annie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1619634821 ISBN 13: 9781619634824

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2014

Synopsis

Molly and Miri Gill are twins. They look the same, act the same, sometimes even think the same. But they weren't always twins. . . . Molly used to live in 1935, until Miri traveled back in time to save her from the clutches of Molly's evil adoptive family. Only they know about the magic, and its power to set things right. So when home repairs unleash more unexpected magic from their very special . . . very magical old house, the girls set off on another time-traveling adventure to the Civil War where they race against the clock to save two unusual soldiers and come to terms with the truth about Molly's real past.
Brimming with lovable characters and spine-tingling magic, this long-awaited sequel will bring a whole new batch of readers to Annie Barrows' highly acclaimed, wonderfully popular world of twin-inspired magic.

About this title

About the Author

Annie Barrows was an editor at Chronicle Books before becoming a full time writer. She has written several adult titles including the New York Times bestseller The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, as well as the highly acclaimed children's series Ivy and Bean and The Magic Half. Annie lives in Northern California with her husband and two daughters.

www.anniebarrows.com

Reviews

Gr 3–6—Time travel is tricky. Barrows, though, proves she knows the way around the paradoxes that can stymie science fiction writers. In this companion to The Magic Half (Bloomsbury, 2009), everything happens for a reason and in the right order. Readers will be happy with the Gill family's return, complete with its unique sets of twins, the magic house, and its time portals in this sequel that has double the adventure and four times the excitement. In the first book, Miri Gill accidentally traveled back to 1935 and rescued Molly from an abusive extended family. Now living as Miri's twin—with history (at least in their time line) rewritten—Molly fears that perhaps she wasn't supposed to have this happy life and should go back in time to stop her parents from meeting. With some present-day remodeling going on, though, their house has new portals opening up unexpectedly. The girls do travel back to find Molly's mother in 1918 and, in a fateful move through a different portal, to the 1860s and the Civil War with their older brothers stumbling back, too, as Union soldiers in Confederate territory. The plot is fast paced and thrilling until the very end. Some pieces of unfinished business—and a time-traveling cat—will have fans hoping this isn't the last trip with the Gill family.—Marie Drucker, Malverne Public Library, NY

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1619634821
• ISBN 13: 9781619634824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288