(2) 4-6 Twelve-year-old Twig Fowler and her mother have a secret: Twig's older brother James has wings, thanks to a generations-old curse from witch Agnes Early. Against their mother's warnings, lonely Twig befriends Julia, one of Agnes's descendants; James falls in love with Julia's sister Agate. With a mystical but not-too-dark tone, Hoffman creates a witchy small-town New England setting populated with realistic characters.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2015

(3) YA In this sequel to Green Angel, a year has gone by since the disaster that eradicated Green's family and decimated life as she knew it. She's sixteen now and her world is starting to renew itself. Alluring, hypnotic prose relates how Green seeks advice from several wise women until she gains the courage and wisdom to rescue her love.

Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay

(2) YA In sixteenth-century Spain, Catholics coexist uneasily with Muslims and Jews despite the Inquisition. Sixteen-year-old Estrella's family is Jewish (she learns this later); like many descendants of the 1492 Jewish expulsion, they've disguised their faith for generations. This compelling recollection, resonant with imagery, is a powerfully told story of familial love and transcendence of the cruelest kind of experience.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2006

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Yumi Heo. Noted adult fiction author Alice Hoffman and her teenage son collaborate on a bizarre, frightening Halloween tale involving werewolf pups, destruction of property, and a lonely, misunderstood old woman. While the narrative is compelling, it ends abruptly, leaving numerous inconsistencies and unanswered questions. Brightly hued collage paintings use unique perspectives to heighten the drama.

Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin

(2) 4-6 From her idyllic village home, Green watches as the city across the river is suddenly blown to bits--the city where her family has gone to sell vegetables. Sewing thorns to her clothes and nails to her boots, Green tries to create a shield against grief, against all feeling. Her journey, we know, will be to rediscover the life inside her armor. Hoffman's fairy-tale prose lends moments of lyricism to Green's sympathetic story of rebirth.

Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2003

(4) 4-6 Best friends Hailey and Claire are spending their last summer together at the defunct Capri Beach Club before Claire moves away. When a storm washes a mermaid named Aquamarine into the pool, the friends help her through a brief romance and back into the sea. The author's attempted portentous mood results in a stiff, distant tone, but the story moves along nicely.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam