The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury

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361 pages

978-1-328-62563-2

If you have a Harry Potter fan in your life, they will love this book! Set in a magical school, students learn how to conduct spells using musical instruments. Literally playing songs to make trees grow and clouds to rain. I love it!

Amelia Jones has one goal: be admitted to the prestigious Mystwick School of Musicraft, the same school her mother attended. But Amelia’s grandmother doesn’t want her to have anything to do with magic, magic that may have caused her daughter’s death. Growing up without parents has been extremely hard on Amelia and she uses that grief to focus on her magic and being the best flute player the school has ever seen.

After a disastrous audition, Amelia is convinced she will never attend the elite magical school, but a last minute acceptance letter is her dream come true. Like any school, magical or not, making new friends can be tricky and trying to make new friends in such a competitive environment is nearly impossible. When Amelia finds herself at odds with her roommate, she doesn’t hold out any hope for a fun and exciting school year. A mysterious force appears to want Amelia to fail and the truth about her admittance nearly causes Amelia to be expelled. Amelia must use all of her gifts, and some help from higher powers, to make it through the school year, and save the school.

This is such a fun book! Mystwick really focuses on Amelia’s struggles to fit in at an elite school and find her true self. Her mother was a powerful musician and Amelia is constantly comparing herself to a mother she has never met and has set impossible goals for herself. Jessica Khoury has a created a story that shows the different ways that grief can affect children and the pressure that can be unknowingly placed on them.

Mystwick is full of fun school hijinks and pranks. There’s secret societies, impossible teachers, classes on mountain tops, and friendships that survive through thick and thin. Not going to lie, I bought this book for my Library based on the cover and title, and I’m so glad I did. It’s a really fun magical adventure that any middle grade reader will love.

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