I could have read this book in one sitting!
Intriguing plot that weaves the past with the present plus an appealing setting (I wanted to pack my bags and wander in Twig's orchard, taste her mom's pies and help Twig and Julia revive the herb garden!!).
In the 1770's two families lived side by side in Sidwell, Mass. The one son from one family fell in love with the one daughter from the other family. Then the Revolutionary War broke out-the boy's family was on the Colonist side while the girl's family sided with the British. Their families forbade them to see each other. Despite their families' demands, they decided to run away together. On the night of their planned escape, the boy never shows . . . the girl waits all night, all day, a week, a month, a year. She places a curse on the boy and future male generations-they would grow wings.
Fast forward to the present-Twig's family has a secret. No one knows she has an older brother James . . .who has wings. Twig and her mother keep to themselves on the family farm and orchard. Twig has no friends; no father. Then a family moves in next door to Twig and starts to remodel the "witch's" house who placed the curse on Twig's family.
Is this a summer of change-for Twig to finally have a friend, to break the curse and for a long-lost father to return?
Some reviewers did not like how everything is resolved neatly and perfectly but I did! I like nice endings where everything works out!!
**Highly recommend. Well-written.
Apple pie recipe included in the back.
Warnings/points to discuss: witch/curse; parent separation
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