A beautiful middlegrade story about magic, oppression and that feeling inside you - that there is something in this world you need to do. The characters are amazing, the whole setting is. This book is so charming, so sweet but it also has that little bit of bad in it - with villains and all. This is the perfect adventure story with a lot of charm and wit and ... its just a beautiful story. If I had children I would for sure read this to them. It is that good.