After her sister's disappearance, twelve-year-old Polly tries to reconcile her broken family, save her beloved local forest from developers and learn to cope with her unusual talents. During her personal journey, she makes new friends, loses old ones and gains a new perspective on her relationships. She also uses her unique gifts, among them an ability to see auras, to fight the developers and seek her possibly pregnant sister. This story is full of fascinating details about nature and appeals to your imagination. It is too short to have too many plot twists but is a quick and light read. Also its characters are sometimes unrealistic. 246 pages

Contributed by E. Dean, 14