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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2010
Gr 5–8—When a life-claiming illness sweeps across the United States, college professors Tom and Glynnis Morgan send their children to England to stay with elderly relatives they have never met. Rowan, Meg, Priscilla, and James are accompanied by malicious Finn Fachan and timid Dickie Rhys, sons of other professors. When great-great-aunt Phyllida Ash gives her six guests a list of rules the first evening (stay out of the forest, never accept food from outside the Rookery, do not tell strangers your names), they view her warnings as old superstitions. However, these admonitions have a practical basis: it is a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Four siblings become entangled in a fairy war while visiting their relatives in England. Eldest Rowan, enchanted by the Fairy Qu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More