Spectacular Things: A Novel by Beck Dorey-Stein childrenMia and Cricket have always been close. The gifted daughters of a young single mother, the Lowe girls are well known in the small Maine town they call home. Each sister has a role to fill: The responsible and academically minded Mia assumes the position of caregiver far too young, while Cricket, a bouncing ball of energy and talent, seems born for soccer stardom. But the cost of achieving athletic greatness comes at a steep price. As Mia and Cricket
leaving only the landlords and owners―the demented
cheap wine
and in life-or-death jeopardy
racking compulsion to survive
Can the two of them make it through the season with their hearts intact
designed to entertain kids and the adults who read to them
grew up idolizing Ivy
The very same Officer Gray that she had harassed while investigating the teahouse murder
but instead of everything about him rubbing Bailey the wrong way
In their struggle for control over Passage Rouge
step-by-step instructions
incapable of magic and marking her as a dangerous anomaly