Always a fan of good writing and fantasy-adventure, I grabbed this book to read to my class of grades 4 and 5 students as a read-aloud. Talk about a spellbound audience! They would literally beg me to read another chapter, and we'd have the best discussions! I was so impressed, I recommended it to my schoolboard as a novel kit, and we have now had a number of teachers and schools read it and rave. The teacher's package is fabulous, but the writing is even better. My students were so enraptured, they asked the author, if she ever wrote a sequel, to come to our school and show them. SHE DID! They were thrilled to meet her and grab the second in the series, Trick of the Light. I heartily recommend these to all readers. Even boys seem to love it -- so here's hoping she writes more books soon!