Somadina Katarzyna Bukiert But understanding these ideas can

But understanding these ideas can be daunting – even for adults

and that is when the Grumbles and Nom-bies come out

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and whose feet never quite seem to touch the floor when she glides—er—walks

“Only an alchemist as wise and sure as Alvarez could swirl the elements of folklore and the flavor of magical realism around her modern prose and make it all sing

Somadina Katarzyna Bukiert But understanding these ideas canFrom the National Book Award finalist and author of Pet comes a novel set in a magical West African world, about a teen girl who must save her missing twin while learning to navigate her own terrifying new powers. Somadina and her twin brother, Jayaike, are practically the same person: they finish each other's sentences and make each other whole. When the twins come of age, their magical gifts begin to develop, but while Jayaike's powers enchant,