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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 6–9—Calliope LeRoux begins hearing voices the day her mother vanishes into the swirling dust of the worst storm in Kansas history. From Baya, a mysterious stranger she rescues from the deadly tempest, Callie discovers that she must travel to California to find her parents. She also learns that her father, whom she's never met, is a fairy who aggravated a feud between warring tribes by running off wi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2012
"We’re not in Fairyland! We’re in Kansas!" exclaims Calliope, but as it happens, she’s wrong and right. In this story, Kansas is Fairyland. The Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and Celtic fairy-lore come together when Callie, daughter of the owner of a small hotel in Slow Run, Kansas, discovers that when she really gives herself over to making music, the fairies come after her. Then her Mama is wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
The Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and Celtic fairy-lore come together when Callie learns that her long-absent father was not...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
