Plus, she has to learn to rely on friends, both new and old.
In order to find it, Riley has to put together pieces of her past and come to terms with everything that makes her who she is-both her adoptive family and her heritage. Riley’s desire to prove she’s worthy of her family’s legacy leads to a devastating revelation and sends her searching for a solution. This is one of my favorite Rick Riordan Presents books, which is saying a lot because I absolutely love this imprint! The book explores Korean folklore and features an adopted main character who struggles to reconcile her love for her family with the nagging feeling that she doesn’t quite belong. And when she uncovers secrets that challenge everything she has been taught to believe, Riley must decide what it means to be a witch, what it means to be family, and what it really means to belong. But what even is the star, and how can she find it?Īs Riley embarks on her search, she finds herself meeting fantastic creatures and collaborating with her worst enemies.
When the sisters attempt to violate the laws of the Godrealm, Hattie's life ends up hanging in the balance, and to save her Riley has to fulfill an impossible task: find the last fallen star. If it works, no one will ever treat Riley as an outsider again. Then Hattie gets an idea: what if the two of them could cast a spell that would allow Riley to share Hattie's magic? Their sleuthing reveals a promising incantation in the family's old spell book, and the sisters decide to perform it at Hattie's initiation ceremony. Riley was adopted, and despite having memorized every healing spell she's ever heard, she often feels like the odd one out in her family and the gifted community. Although Riley is desperate to follow in her sister's footsteps when she herself turns thirteen, she's a saram-a person without magic. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells without adult supervision. Riley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. My content rating: MG (Some MG-level violence)īest-selling author Rick Riordan presents Graci Kim's thrilling debut about an adopted Korean-American girl who discovers her heritage and her magic on a perilous journey to save her witch clan family. Genres: Fantasy, Middle Grade, Retellings Published by Rick Riordan Presents on 5/4/21 Today, I have a MG fantasy, a MG sci fi graphic novel, an audiobook of a MG fantasy graphic novel, and a YA sci fi novel! I hope these bite-sized reviews will be enough to feed your fiction addiction!Īlso in this series: The Last Fallen Moon
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