Upside Down Magic
by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, Emily Jenkins

Upside Down Magic

Grades 3 & up

Fantasy

Whatever Ever After series

Book Summary:
Nory is a girl whose magic isn't standard - she sometimes spontaneously turns into animals.. She's sent to a special school to try to "fix" herself. But maybe there are times when uniqueness doesn't need fixing.

This book is the first in a series.

 Book Review:
This is a really charming story, and it would have been easy to make it pure action/fantasy, but the gift of this book is in the characters and relationships. Nory's father is pretty demanding, and awfully disappointed in his daughter, and that's a lot of weight for a nine-year-old to carry. The peer pressure is a factor, too - maybe Nory can try to fit in, but what if that means alienating the friends she's made who are also unique? An important message in a fun wrapper about valuing differences in the people around us.

"Father must have known that Nory's transformational power was out of control.
He just didn't want to talk about it.
He didn't want to talk about a lot of things."
p. 13 - 14

Magic
Image; Public Perception

Defining Yourself
Family and Peer Relationships
Growing Up

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