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Gr 4 Up—A gleeful adventure, exceedingly colorful and humming with life, as much about the idea of exploring as about the journey itself. Yee's central hero is the young, blind, and bookish Safia, sent to live with her distant aunt after a fire at her parents' bookstore leaves her orphaned. Aunt Whimsy, unbeknownst to sightless Safia, is a world-famous explorer who has gone into hiding due to a condition that's left her with the appearance of a three-eyed, curly-horned, gray-furred goat-woman. After Safia...Log In or Sign Up to Read More