It’s been a bit since I’ve added in a Chick Pick and this one is absolutely delightful!

What could be a more wonderful ability for a book lover than the ability to actually wander inside books? Could you imagine getting to talk to your favorite book characters and join them in their adventures? That's what Tilly Pages learns to do in this delightful and imaginative middle grade novel.

Growing up in a bookstore, Tilly Pages spends her days surrounded by her favorite books and an endless supply of new possible favorites. One day, she meets a young girl named Anne with an "e" who is remarkable like Anne from Green Gables. Turns out-she is that Anne from Anne of Green Gables. When she meets Alice and joins her for a tea party, she knows she's in over her head. Turns out, her family comes from a long line of book wanderers, people who have the ability to journey inside books and live alongside the characters.

But it's not all tea parties and caucus races. The secret society that oversees the safety of book wanderers and their books has other darker secrets that Tilly will become caught up in when she and her friend Oskar venture into her mother's favorite book to find clues about her mother's disappearance not long after Tilly's birth.

This is a wonderfully written, imaginative, and fast paced story that will intrigue any young, or not so young, book lover. Tilly and Oskar are both brave, intelligent, and ready to explore their new abilities. Their adventures will keep readers enthralled from beginning to end. And who wouldn't be intrigued about wandering through books?