The Dream-Maker's Magic by Sharon Shinn

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
I very much enjoyed this story of a girl whose mother thinks that she gave birth to a boy and so dresses and treats her daughter as a boy. Kellen is finally allowed to go to school, and there she meets Gryffin, a boy whose legs are damaged so that he must walk with canes. They truly become best friends and Kellen helps Gryffin with his walking, while he helps her with her school work. Kellen develops into a very independent young lady, largely due to having been raised as a boy, but as she becomes a teenager, she begins to want to dress as a girl. The story continues to follow Gryffin and Kellen as they grow and experience both tragedies and triumphs. This book could be appropriate for middle school and high school, and possibly upper elementary. This was my first experience with Sharon Shinn, but I will definitely be reading more of her work.


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