Forgetting Kora

As genre-bending as Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet, the debut novel from Kevin C. Magavern, Forgetting Kora is a new addition to young adult science fiction. Cricket Wolff's father, Owen, has a past he never discusses, not even with Cricket's mother. When mysterious Aunt Kora comes for a visit, Cricket discovers that Owen has renounced the family calling—guardianship of the sensitive ecology of the Texas Hill Country--and that his silence has placed Cricket in danger. Kora tells Owen that Cricket must return to the Hill Country with her. Little does Cricket realize that she possesses the powers to take up the obligation her father has set aside.