From critically acclaimed author Jessica Lawson comes a âwonderfully enchanting adventureâ (Booklist) about an orphaned twelve-year-old girl who is called upon to save her queendom when she finds a tiny wizard in her pocket.
Lifeâs never been kind to twelve-year-old Stub. Orphaned and left in the care of the cruel Matron Tratte, Stubâs learned that the best way to keep the peace is to do as sheâs told. No matter that sheâs bullied and that her only friend is her pet chicken, Peck, Stubâs accepted the fact that her life just isnât made for adventure. Then she finds a tiny wizard in her pocket.
Orlen, the royal wizard to Maradonâs queen, is magically bound to Stub. And itâs up to her to ferry Orlen back to Maradon Cross, the countryâs capital, or else the delicate peace of the queendom will crumble under the power of an evil wizard queen. Suddenly Stubâs unexciting life is chock-full of adventure. But how can one orphan girl possibly save the entire queendom?