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Gr 5–8—Debut author Catmull begins this ambitious fantasy with a powerful first chapter. In spare, poetic terms, an omniscient narrator introduces readers to two sisters, Summer and Bird, who wake up in their home next to a forest to discover that both of their parents and their cat are missing, and they head into the forest to find them. Clues have already alerted readers to the fact that this is a transformation tale: their mother had been a swan in the shape of a human, had found her swan "skin" or ro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More