Magic in the Mix

by Annie Barrows

Overview

New twin sisters Miri and Molly are ready for a normal life. But just when they think there's smooth sailing ahead, a door opens, time folds, and magic is unleashed from their very special house.

The girls set off on a new adventure, playing a cat-and-mouse game with time—and trouble—as they discover two soldiers in need of their help. With cunning, imagination, and the inadvertent assistance of their kitten, Molly and Miri must find a way to save themselves and their wayward brothers from the past.

Brimming with lovable characters and spine-tingling magic, this sequel will bring new readers to Annie Barrows' highly acclaimed, wonderfully popular world of twin-inspired magic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619637986
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	10/20/2015
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	450,141
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 4.70(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Annie Barrows was an editor at Chronicle Books before becoming a full time writer. She has written several adult titles including the New York Times bestseller The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, as well as the highly acclaimed children's series Ivy and Bean and The Magic Half. Annie lives in Northern California with her husband and two daughters.

www.anniebarrows.com

Hometown:

Berkeley, CA

Date of Birth:

August 24, 1962

Place of Birth:

San Diego, CA

Education:

University of California at Berkeley, B.A. in Medieval History; Mills College, M.F.A. in Creative Writing

Editorial Reviews

Entertaining and heart-warming... A story to remember.” —Library Media Connection

“Time travel is tricky. Barrows, though, proves she knows the way around the paradoxes that can stymie science fiction writers... The plot is fast paced and thrilling.” —VOYA

“Barrows examines many of the previously unanswered, difficult questions of time travel but does not answer all mysteries, paving the way for a possible third book.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2014-07-16
The time-traveling adventures of Molly and Miri Gill continue, with even higher stakes. Molly and Miri are the only members of their family who know Molly was not always Miri's twin. In The Magic Half (2008), Miri saved Molly from a life of abuse in 1935, bringing Molly to Miri's own time and family, where, according to Molly's magically knowledgeable grandmother, she was supposed to be born. Now both Molly and Miri possess double sets of memories: Each remembers her life before they were twins as well as her life as a twin. This bothers Molly, and when their magic house sends them back to 1918, she is sure it is to prevent her birth mother from having her—thereby preventing her mother's death—but they are returned to the present abruptly. When they try to go back to 1918, they end up in the American Civil War, and when their twin brothers later unwittingly travel through time—in Civil War re-enactment dress, no less—and are taken prisoner, it will take the girls' combined wit, courage and cleverness to save their brothers from certain death and use magic to "[set] things right." Barrows examines many of the previously unanswered, difficult questions of time travel but does not answer all mysteries, paving the way for a possible third book.If another adventure is to come, readers will hope it won't take another six years to arrive. (Fantasy. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews