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The sweetest spell

Scorned in her Flatlands village because of a deformed foot, Emmeline Thistle's life changes when she is taken in by Wanderlands dairy farmers and discovers her magical ability to make chocolate, which is more precious and rare than gold or jewels in the kingdom of Anglund.

Main Author: Selfors, Suzanne.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Walker & Co., 2012.
Subjects:
People with disabilities > Young adult fiction.
Prejudices > Young adult fiction.
Chocolate > Young adult fiction.
Magic > Young adult fiction.
Fantasy fiction > Young adult.
Summary: Scorned in her Flatlands village because of a deformed foot, Emmeline Thistle's life changes when she is taken in by Wanderlands dairy farmers and discovers her magical ability to make chocolate, which is more precious and rare than gold or jewels in the kingdom of Anglund.
Physical Description: 404 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780802723765 (hardback)
0802723764 (hardback)
Author Notes: Suzanne Selfors was born in Munich Germany in 1963. She was educated at Bennington College in Vermont, and then graduated with honors from Occidental College in Pasadena, California, in Documentary Film Production. She went on to receive an MA in Communications from the University of Washington.

She started writing seriously in 2002. She began by writing two novels for adults. Her first middle grade children's novel, To Catch a Mermaid, was published in 2007. She followed this with Saving Juliet, published in 2008. In 2015 her title Next Top Villain, made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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