Screaming from the rooftops for the masses to read this cozy middle grade book; here are some reasons to convince you 😤😤

- From the same author as Betty, On the Savage Side, & The Summer that Melted Everything, Tiffany McDaniel tells her version of a magical witchy school story that is just steeped in the Indigenous perspective & filled with social commentary made accessible for a younger audience. (Side note about diverse middle grade, my favourite thing about it is how it tackles these deeply important conversations in ways that get kids asking big questions about the world & as a librarian tech at an elementary-junior high school, books like this fill my heart with so much joy & I’m so excited to bring this into my library & shove it down the kids throats)

- the childlike whimsy and wonder and weirdness is represented sooooo 🧑‍🍳😘🤌🤌 & it’s something that you don’t often see in older age ranges & it’s truly such a magical feeling & I wish more people engaged with middle grade.

- the disability rep in here made me cry, it’s done in such a cute way that shows how in a world with magic, you don’t have to rely on the magical cure trope & emphasizes the importance of accessibility for all.

- the conversations about protecting nature and the world are so deeply relevant in here, & the emphasis on storytelling and the importance of books and libraries my heart is just soaring 

- the beautiful little illustrations throughout & the clever & silly way the McDaniel used footnotes throughout, this book is just so clever 

In short: preorder this book, read this book, & dabble in middle-grade novels!!!!!