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Twelve-year-old Gracie's world is almost like ours--except that the planet is flat, dragons exist, and poltergeists stopped the Industrial Revolution. When the arrival of a Dark Cloud seems to portend her younger brother Sam's death, the family tries to escape fate by leaving for the fabled Extraordinary World. Intricate details of Gracie's world emerge gradually through her sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant diary entries.
Reviewer: Sarah Rettger
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2016