Cara Moone is a wizard — but she’s basically flunked out of wizard school. Now she’s in training to be a MOP, also known as Magical Occurrence Purger, also known as it’s Cara’s job to sweep up the hazardous dust a real wizard’s spells leave behind.
A real wizard, that is, like Harlee Wu, the so-called Chosen One destined to save the magical world. But when one of Harlee’s spells goes awry and leaves behind a rift in the fabric of magic itself, it'll take more than magic to clean up the mess. Luckily, messes are kind of Cara’s thing.
Featuring a failed young wizard and her cleanup crew, this delightfully dysfunctional middle grade fantasy is an imaginative twist on magic school that’s perfect for fans of Nevermoor and The School for Good and Evil. Magic is messy — and fantastically fun — in this underdog story packed with humor, adventure, and attitude.
"[Cara's] job is crucial — left alone, magical residue 'morphs, expands, and takes on a life of its own,' becoming feral — but Cara, who hails from a nonmagical Irish American family, nevertheless resents being thought of as a slacker. When spells start going awry, leaving behind toxic black gunk through a 'giant, puckering mouth,' Cara and her fellow spell sweepers must figure out how to stop the problem before the feral magic wreaks havoc.... Snarky and resilient, Cara is a memorable heroine with an engaging narrative voice and a unique perspective." — Publishers Weekly
Recommended Age | 10 - 13 |
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Author | Lee Edward Fodi |
ISBN | 0062845322 |
Publication Date | Nov 30, 2021 |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Language | English |