Now was not the time for Willow’s magic powers to
misbehave. After receiving an urgent leaf mail delivered by a friendly oak
tree, Willow is alerted to the news her friend Nolin Sometimes has gone
missing.
Nolin has been experimenting with cross pollinating
a memory flower with a Great Wisperia tree and can now successfully see 10
minutes into the future. What he sees is not good, it’s his own kidnapping and
his letter requests Willow, if she wouldn’t mind to come and rescue him.
Young witch Willow Moss has the ability to locate anything that is lost.
Unfortunately, at the moment Instead of finding things,
Willow’s magic is making things disappear including her kitchen and her sister
Camille – her mother is not impressed. They did reappear eventually but that
wasn’t the point.
Her pet kobold, Oswin doesn’t help matters with his confused sayings that make her mother even angrier. Oswin is Willow’s best friend, he might resemble a cat but is really a kobold – a type of monster who normally can be found buried underneath her bed. He has the bad habit of when he speaks getting sayings confused – making for hilarious and unwanted comments.
Willow insists she needs to go in search for Nolin
and knows the perfect witch who can help her, Moreg Vaine.
Her mother threatens a family intervention, as she
has been sick with a heavy cold and believes if she just rests, Willow’s magic
will heal itself. There is absolutely no need to rush off to find the most
powerful witch in Starfell, Moreg Vaine. Willow tries to explain to her family
that she has teamed up with Moreg in the past when her grandmother passed away,
but her family believe she is delusional.
Feeling like they will never believe her or truly be
one of them – a true witch. Willow’s heart breaks as she makes the tough
decision to make them disappear to give her a head start on her journey.
Together with Oswin and her magical broom Whisper, Willow flies away from home
and everything she has known.
In search of Moreg and the answers to Nolin’s
disappearance, Willow will encounter wizards, strange boys that know her name,
dragons, wind monkeys, blue elves, green sprites and the dreaded Queen of the
Undead – not all of them friends.
Will Willow find Moreg and rescue Nolin? Can she
finally prove her worth as a witch to her family? What does the dreaded Queen
of the Undead want with Willow? Prepare to enter the magical world of Starfell
and discover all its secrets.
Author: Dominique Valente
Illustrator: Sarah Warburton
Publisher: HarperCollins, $16.99
Publication Date: 20 April 2020
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780008308445
For ages: 6 - 9
Type: Junior Fiction
