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When keenly observant eleven-year-old Van, who is hearing impaired, follows a strange girl and a talking squirrel into an odd building, he discovers an underground society where wishes are held to protect the outside world. The battle that ensues--in which West thoughtfully blurs the line between good intentions and bad--is compelling and should entice readers to devour this vivid, whimsical fantasy, first in a planned duology.