Iris Cloudsaway and the Tower of Dreams
Twelve-year-old Iris Cloudaway just found out that she can turn babysitters into piglets. Since her eccentric grandmother started talking again – from a photo on the wall – strange things have been happening. There’s something mysterious about her apartment building. Starting with the identical apartment building opposite the street, where Timo lives. They are not supposed to be friends, because their families have not been talking to each other for generations. Something’s up with Timo, too: for instance, he can talk with birds, using a magical ocarina. The city park has become a haven for too many exotic birds, a silent warning of an approaching danger. And above it all looms the forgotten Tower of Dreams, a place that might be less metaphoric and more real than anyone dares to believe.
Told from the breezy, curious point of view of Pinto, a wind (yes, an actual wind), the novel combines laugh-out-loud absurdity with heartfelt moments of growth, friendship, and family secrets. As Iris learns to wield her strange new powers, she must also navigate complicated feelings about her parents, her magical inheritance, and a boy who’s almost as weird as she is.
A fresh, whimsical novel that will enchant readers who crave quirky magic, dreamy cityscapes, and heroines with fire in their hearts and freckles on their noses.
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