“Wonder Light: Unicorns of the mist” by, R.R. Russell
Twig is
a girl from a broken home who is sent to a horse ranch for troubled girls. Once
there Twig begins to notice some strange things happening on the island where
the ranch is located. When she decides to investigate she finds much more then
she ever could have imagined. To help save the island from a dangerous threat
Twig will need to open her heart and learn to overcome her fears.
Wonder
Light is a very sweet and multi-layered story. It has a great cast of
characters who pull at the heartstrings in all the best ways. This book has a
very interesting mix of a coming of age story and fun fantasy that I found
refreshing.
Some facts and
favorite things:
* The girl’s home is on Lonehorn Island near the Washington
coast.
* The other girls in the house: Casey (Sweet and young, she
gets attached to Twig very quickly.) Janessa (A reformed thief), Taylor (Has a
very tough exterior and doesn’t want to like Twig.), Mandy, and Regina also
live in the girl’s home.
* Mr. and Mrs. Murley are the very nice couple who run the
girl’s home.
* Mystery is a beautiful but strange horse that comes onto
the property. Twig and the others decide to help her.
* Keely is Twig’s stepmother and the two have a very difficult
relationship.
* Mystery gives birth to a beautiful baby girl. Twig names
the little horse Wild Light but later changes it to Wonder Light.
* Ben is a wild boy who lives in the woods on the island. He
and Twig meet and become friends. Ben is a sweet boy and I just wanted to give
him a big hug because he had been alone for so long.
* Ben has this cute bird named Emmie. I liked this little
creature and for such a small part in the story it had a lot of personality.
* Terracornus is the fantasy world in this story. All kinds
of magics exist in this world and some of it is spilling over to ours. There is
also an evil queen of Westland which is a place in Terracornus.
* UNICORNS! Yes I said Unicorns. I love them and this book
has plenty of them.
* Dagger is the very bad and sometimes exhibits
cannibalistic behaviors.
* Merrill is an old friend of Ben’s deceased father.
Wonder Light is a fun read with some really
sweet moments. This book would be a great one to read aloud to kids and I think
the whole family will enjoy it. I loved the ending and I hope that R.R. Russell
writes another book in this great world.
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