Your kid might say she’s “over” magic. That’s a lie. She just needs magic that feels real. Enter “Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow” by Jessica Townsend. This book is basically Harry Potter if Harry had anxiety and a weird, mustachioed godfather. Morrigan is a “cursed” child who gets saved from a boring death by a magical competition full of riddles and giant cats.
It’s funny, it’s fast, and it has zero chosen-one tropes that feel stupid. Surprising fact: the author wrote this book because she was bored at an airport. Best boredom ever.
