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The Box and the Dragonfly by Ted Sanders

This book was suggested to me on Instagram by a follower and I am so happy they did.

Okay this book hooked me right from the start which is surprising. I'm not normally one for contemporary set fantasies most of the time but this really worked for me! I think between having Horace's magical box and Chloe's dragonfly, I'd want to go with a dragonfly so I can walk through stuff but both of their abilities were used really well throughout the whole plot.

We of course have an underground evil cult trying to kidnap children but pretending they aren't evil. Good times in middle grade!

I will absolutely be reading the sequel after how things ended between Horace and his mother. I loved his family dynamic but my mind got blown at the end.