Mossheart's Promise

<p><strong>From <em>New York Times</em> bestselling YA author Rebecca Mix comes the first book in a breathtaking middle grade fantasy duology about a young fairy who has always lived in her heroic grandmother's shadow but now must step up and embark on a quest to save her mother from the ever-creeping mold overtaking their world. </strong></p><p><strong>The paperback edition includes a discussion guide perfect for classroom or book club use!</strong></p><p><em>The mold takes all.</em></p><p>Twelve-year-old fairy Canary Mossheart knows this better than most. A few years ago the mold took her papa and even her famous former-chosen-one Gran never found a cure. So when Ary's beloved mama falls ill Ary decides it's taken enough. Armed with only a bucket and a prayer she sneaks out to find a magical underground lake whose healing waters are straight out of Gran's adventures. </p><p>But when Ary gets there the lake's bone dry and instead of healing waters she finds a terrifying secret: Her entire world is actually trapped inside a giant terrarium--one they were meant to leave centuries ago. Worse Gran <em>knew</em> and hid the truth<em> </em>dooming Ary and her generation to a dying rotting world.</p><p>Now allied with only her doomsday-obsessed frenemy a timid pill bug and a particularly grumpy newt Ary has one week to unravel the clues and find a way out of the terrarium--or they'll be trapped for good. </p><p><strong>Perfect for readers who loved Brandon Mull's <em>Fablehaven </em> <em>The City of Ember </em>by Jeanne DuPrau<em> </em>and <em>Endling: The Last</em> by Katherine Applegate<em>.</em></strong></p>