And at the same time, something strange is happening in the city around them, things both great and small going missing without a trace.Īs Iris begins to understand that anything can be lost in the blink of an eye, she decides it’s up to her to find a way to keep her sister safe. Oscar is the magician’s hand, charged with collecting plants to concoct spells. Iris is no longer so confident Lark retreats into herself as she deals with challenges at school. HarperCollins/ Walden Pond, 16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-201507-5. When fifth grade arrives, however, it's decided that Iris and Lark should be split into different classrooms, and something breaks in them both. Everyone around them realized early on what the two sisters already knew: they had better outcomes when they were together. Iris has always been the grounded, capable, and rational one Lark has been inventive, dreamy, and brilliant-and from their first moments in the world together, they’ve never left each other’s side. For Iris, that means her story starts with Lark.

When you’re an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else. The city is called Asteri, a perfect city that was saved by the magic woven into its walls from a devastating plague that swept through the world over a hundred.

A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2019Īnne Ursu, author of the National Book Award nominee The Real Boy, returns with a story of the power of fantasy, the limits of love, and the struggles inherent in growing up. Title: The Real Boy Author: Anne Ursu Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press Publication Date: September 2013 Hardcover: 288 Pages On an island on the edge of an immense sea there is a city, a forest, and a boy.

The Real Boy by Anne Ursu