The Book of Unwyse Magic

By Claire Fayers

A girl must unravel a magical mystery to save her town from a corrupt overlord.

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320 pages

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Twelve-year-old Ava returns to Wyse, a town shrouded in mystery, as an indentured servant. Her family’s past scandal with magical mirrors haunts her, and she suspects their new master, Lord Skinner, of sinister deeds. As Ava delves into the secrets linking the human and fairy worlds, she encounters allies and adversaries, facing peril at every turn. Can she uncover the truth and save her town from impending doom?

From the publisher

In Claire Fayers’s darkly mysterious middle-grade fantasy, The Book of Unwyse Magic, a girl finds herself at the center of the struggle for power between the human world and the fairy world.Magical mirrors, A corrupt overlord, A struggle for power . . . It’s up to twelve-year-old Ava to solve the mystery–and save the town!Years before, Ava’s family left the town of Wyse in a shroud of mystery–some scandal to do with magical mirrors. Now returning as indentured servants, twelve-year-old Ava and her brother, Matthew, suspect their new master, Lord Skinner, is up to no good. Ava is determined to discover the truth–about what happened to her family, and about the connection between the human and fairy worlds. Along the way, she meets friends and foes and faces real danger. Will she survive and solve the mystery?

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