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Tidesong by Wendy Xu
3.0
lighthearted fast-paced

A small and gentle story about a young witch, Sophie, who moves in with her great aunt and cousin to practice her magic and prepare to head off to magical boarding school. Sophie's family have always been wind and water workers, able to communicate with the dragons that live under the sea. But Sophie is struggling with the most basic of spells and a negative internal monologue which whispers that she is a failure. In an effort to prove herself, Sophie goes out at night to perform a storm-calming spell; but it goes wrong and she is swept into the ocean. She is rescued by a dragon, but in the process he loses his memory and is trapped in human form. Now Sophie feels obligated to aid the dragon, but she has no idea where to start! Heavily influenced by the films of Hayao Miyazaki, both in art style and tone, this is a short but sweet story of magic and self confidence. Definitely aimed at younger readers.