Have you heard of Cinderella’s glass slipper? What about Sinbad the Sailor’s Flying Carpet? In this world, there are many magical items—but only one place where they’re safe: the Enchanted Emporium. For centuries, seven families have competed for ownership of the Emporium—and some of them are willing to do whatever it takes to get their hands on the powerful items housed within. Only Aiby Lily and her friend Finley have what it takes to stop the Emporium from falling into the wrong hands.
Suitcase of Stars was a very cute story. It’s clearly designed for 9 – 13 year olds, and the story was a good set up for a series, but I wish there’d been more to it. I flew through this in a few hours.
I was surprised to find the protagonist, Finley, to be someone who hated school, who as a 12 year old was failing because he was skipping class constantly. It’s not a common theme that I’ve seen in books, and disturbed me a little bit because of the age range that this book was intended for.
Other than that, I enjoyed the story, though there was very little substance to it.