A sickly mom. A crappy travel trailer. High school bullies and snarky drama queens. Bad-guys with charming smiles. Allie has problems. And then there's that whole thing about fulfilling a magical prophecy and saving the world from evil.
Welcome to the funny, sad, sometimes-scary world of fifteen-year-old Allie Emerson, who's struggling to keep her act together (not to mention her mom's) in the small-town world of Peacock Flats, Washington. A zap from an electrical fence sets off Allie's weird psychic powers.
The next thing she knows she's being visited by a hippy-dippy guardian angel, and then her mysterious neighbor, the town "witch," gives her an incredible moonstone pendant that has powers only a "Star Seeker" is meant to command. "Who, me?" is Allie's first reaction. But as sinister events begin to unfold, Allie realizes she's got a destiny far bigger than she ever imagined.
If she can just survive everyday life, in the meantime.'
My Review:
I have to tell you, right from the first page, this book had my attention. It was funny. Allie was trying to fix the antenna on her mother's trailer and she fell off right it bull poop. Just the descriptions were amazing. But with this first incident she realizes that something is going on with her mind, when she makes a charging bull run backwards. Then she gets a visit from her Spirit Guide, Trilby who is a pot smoking ghost (and just too funny), who tells her about her mission.
The story moved nicely and was funny all the way through the story. Ms. Brothers' characters were vibrant and vivid! What happens with this young fifteen-year-old girl who has stumbled upon the fact that she is the 'maiden of strong mind' and there are people after her for what she has in her possession. There seemed to be the unlikely hero that comes to her aid, but can she trust him too, with all of her secrets? Well, I guess you'll have to pick up the book yourself to find out!
I give this book: 
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