Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno

Summer of Salt

by Katrina Leno

Magic passed down through generations. An island where strange things happen. One summer that will become legend.

Practical Magic meets Nova Ren Suma's Imaginary Girls and Laura Ruby's Bone Gap in this lush, atmospheric novel by acclaimed author Katrina Leno.

Georgina Fernweh waits impatiently for the tingle of magic in her fingers-magic that has touched every woman in her family. But with her eighteenth birthday looming at the end of this summer, Georgina fears her gift will never come.

Over the course of her last summer on the island-a summer of storms, falling in love, and the mystery behind one rare three-hundred-year-old bird-Georgina will learn the truth about magic, in all its many forms.

Praise for Katrina Leno:

"Leno's writing is flawless. Readers of all ages will find themselves swept away." -VOYA

"Charming and sophisticated." -Kirkus

"Crackles with wit, humor, and enormous love."-Booklist (starred review)

"Introduces a fierce new presence."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Reviewed by Bianca on

4 of 5 stars

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2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge
‪11. Read a book during the season it is set in‬

Oh, By-the-Sea, island of Fernwehs and everything I had ever known and loved. How I would miss you—every part of you—but especially the smell, always the smell: of salt, of brine, of water, of spells, of potions, of feathers, and of what it would mean to leave it all in just two months.


— About a summer of magic and coming-of-age

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