![]() Clever embellishments, such as floor plans detailing the nooks and crannies of Selimene and Carlota’s house, expand the setting and encourage readers to linger. The full-color illustrations mix warm earth tones and enticing pastels to create a realistic, comforting world. Secretly, they’re also witches! Is Effie a witch too? Magic or no magic, Effie learns there’s power in finding one’s true self and that the path to happiness comes from serving others. Until Effie’s music idol, Tily Shoo, arrives with an incurable curse, Effie thinks her aunts are herbalists and acupuncturists. When 11-year-old Effie’s mother dies, she is taken to live with her elderly, snarky, fashion-forward aunt, Selimene, and her partner, Carlota, in Brooklyn. ![]() When a young girl comes to a new home, her family’s magical secrets are unveiled in this graphic-novel series opener. ![]()
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