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"In this love letter to portal fantasies and Narnia, Weymouth infuses her characters with a rich panoply of emotions set against wartime England. A shining thread of hope and healing mitigates the book's heartbreak and underlying trauma, suggesting a bright future for all involved. -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" A mystical novel about three siblings finding, then losing, then finding their ways home again. -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" The perfect story for anyone who's ever searched for magic in the everyday...Laura Weymouth wields words like she's casting spells, and the result is utterly enchanting. -- ""Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of Reign of the Fallen"" Haunting and beautiful...A love story to siblings, to the belief in magic, to discovering where you belong. -- ""Lori M. Lee, author of The Infinite"" Anyone who knows that feeling of being in love with a fantasy world as a child can understand the longing that Evelyn feels for the Woodlands. -- ""NPR"" Narrators Fiona Hardingham and Moira Quirk skillfully deliver the story...With distinct voices and accents for each of the characters...they equally engage the listener so that one feels Evelyn's despair and Philippa's uncertainty and guilt...[A] superb production. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- ""AudioFile"" Emotional and poignant...a powerful, magical debut for all YA fantasy shelves. -- ""School Library Journal (starred review)"" Weymouth offers a picture of severe depression beautified by her own luminous prose...she evokes a sense of empathy for Evelyn, and offers absolution and redemption for Philippa, who has to believe that her sister is in a better place. -- ""Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"""

The perfect story for anyone who's ever searched for magic in the everyday...Laura Weymouth wields words like she's casting spells, and the result is utterly enchanting. -- Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of Reign of the Fallen A mystical novel about three siblings finding, then losing, then finding their ways home again. -- Kirkus Reviews In this love letter to portal fantasies and Narnia, Weymouth infuses her characters with a rich panoply of emotions set against wartime England. A shining thread of hope and healing mitigates the book's heartbreak and underlying trauma, suggesting a bright future for all involved. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Haunting and beautiful...A love story to siblings, to the belief in magic, to discovering where you belong. -- Lori M. Lee, author of The Infinite

Weymouth offers a picture of severe depression beautified by her own luminous prose...she evokes a sense of empathy for Evelyn, and offers absolution and redemption for Philippa, who has to believe that her sister is in a better place. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Emotional and poignant...a powerful, magical debut for all YA fantasy shelves. -- School Library Journal (starred review) Narrators Fiona Hardingham and Moira Quirk skillfully deliver the story...With distinct voices and accents for each of the characters...they equally engage the listener so that one feels Evelyn's despair and Philippa's uncertainty and guilt...[A] superb production. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile Anyone who knows that feeling of being in love with a fantasy world as a child can understand the longing that Evelyn feels for the Woodlands. -- NPR Haunting and beautiful...A love story to siblings, to the belief in magic, to discovering where you belong. -- Lori M. Lee, author of The Infinite The perfect story for anyone who's ever searched for magic in the everyday...Laura Weymouth wields words like she's casting spells, and the result is utterly enchanting. -- Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of Reign of the Fallen A mystical novel about three siblings finding, then losing, then finding their ways home again. -- Kirkus Reviews In this love letter to portal fantasies and Narnia, Weymouth infuses her characters with a rich panoply of emotions set against wartime England. A shining thread of hope and healing mitigates the book's heartbreak and underlying trauma, suggesting a bright future for all involved. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Haunting and beautiful...A love story to siblings, to the belief in magic, to discovering where you belong. -- Lori M. Lee, author of The Infinite The perfect story for anyone who's ever searched for magic in the everyday...Laura Weymouth wields words like she's casting spells, and the result is utterly enchanting. -- Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of Reign of the Fallen A mystical novel about three siblings finding, then losing, then finding their ways home again. -- Kirkus Reviews In this love letter to portal fantasies and Narnia, Weymouth infuses her characters with a rich panoply of emotions set against wartime England. A shining thread of hope and healing mitigates the book's heartbreak and underlying trauma, suggesting a bright future for all involved. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Anyone who knows that feeling of being in love with a fantasy world as a child can understand the longing that Evelyn feels for the Woodlands. -- ""NPR"" Emotional and poignant...a powerful, magical debut for all YA fantasy shelves. -- ""School Library Journal (starred review)"" Narrators Fiona Hardingham and Moira Quirk skillfully deliver the story...With distinct voices and accents for each of the characters...they equally engage the listener so that one feels Evelyn's despair and Philippa's uncertainty and guilt...[A] superb production. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- ""AudioFile"" Weymouth offers a picture of severe depression beautified by her own luminous prose...she evokes a sense of empathy for Evelyn, and offers absolution and redemption for Philippa, who has to believe that her sister is in a better place. -- ""Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"" A mystical novel about three siblings finding, then losing, then finding their ways home again. -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" Haunting and beautiful...A love story to siblings, to the belief in magic, to discovering where you belong. -- ""Lori M. Lee, author of The Infinite"" In this love letter to portal fantasies and Narnia, Weymouth infuses her characters with a rich panoply of emotions set against wartime England. A shining thread of hope and healing mitigates the book's heartbreak and underlying trauma, suggesting a bright future for all involved. -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" The perfect story for anyone who's ever searched for magic in the everyday...Laura Weymouth wields words like she's casting spells, and the result is utterly enchanting. -- ""Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of Reign of the Fallen"""

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Laura E. Weymouth lives at the edge of the woods in western New York, along with her husband, two wild-hearted daughters, a spoiled cat, and an indeterminate number of chickens. The Light Between Worlds is her debut book, and she can be found online at www.lauraeweymouth.com. Fiona Hardingham is a British-born actress, singer, voice-over artist, and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. On stage, she appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in her comedic one-woman show The Dark Show. She has also starred in the dark-comedy short film The Ballerino. She earned a BA honors degree in performing arts from Middlesex University, London, and also studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Moira Quirk, a British actress and Earphones Award-winning narrator, co-narrated Ben Bova's Mercury and has narrated other popular audiobooks for which she received Audie Award nominations. She is a successful comedian and can be heard on Nickelodeon's cartoon My Life as a Teenage Robot as well as in The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, The Wild Thornberrys Feature, and Serendipity, among others. She has also lent her voice to several video games, including Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Haunting Ground.

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