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When Sarah and her best friend Ben observe the rotten Derek Henshaw getting turned into a frog right in the middle of the cornerstore while trying to shoplift, Sarah figures she has found a great topic for her science project. “Magic: Fact or Fiction,” she announces to Mr. Wyanth, the science teacher, who is a great believer in the scientific method and who despairs of Sarah ever carrying out a project that includes observations, hypothesis, experiment and conclusion.
But Anastasia Morningstar, the young woman who works in that cornerstore and who seems to have turned Derek Henshaw into a frog, defies scientific study or explanation. Anna is more than willing to help Sarah with her project, but somehow magic doesn’t work around Mr. Wynath. And Anna has her own troubles; her boss at the cornerstore has let her go after complaints of harassment from Derek’s father, and the beautiful butterfly on her porch seems to be dying.
This is a lovely story about magic and the power of the imagination.
FernFolio Editor