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Silver Glove,the

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Charnas really captures the imagination and inspires young adults to think in different and interesting ways. Reminiscent of city-themed "girl's novels," like _A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,_ this is about another young woman's coming of age-- but with a sorceress for a grandmother. It's a wild read, riveting to the very end, and is great for boys and girls alike. Action, adventure, mystery, and the supernatural all collide in Charnas' book, and here's hoping you can find a copy since they're out of print!

This book is in print again, thank goodness -- it's the great middle section of one
of my favorite trilogies, packed with magical action and featuring a really
icky villain and his mean witch of a sidekick. Valentine is a gutsy kid, and I
like it that her family's magic has skipped a generation so that her grandmother
is in on it, but her mother is completely out of the loop. The story rips along, full
of neat New York detail that makes the place completely real.