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Townley, Roderick

A Bitter Magic

296 pp. | Knopf | November, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-449-81649-3 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-449-81650-9 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-449-81651-6
(2) 4-6 Cisley's magician's-assistant mother vanishes during Uncle Asa's magic show. Asa forbids Cisley to leave their castle, forcing her to use her newfound magical abilities to create a black rose--the one thing that might bring her mother back. Disorientingly bizarre elements leave readers off-kilter for much of this idiosyncratic book, but the plot has the internal cohesion to tie up its loose ends.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2015

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