A Quest of Magic

By Emmie B.

School is starting... but so is a new adventure.
It’s the week before third grade and Lila Teafeather is excited, but not for school. She’s ready to find her familiar! A witchy tradition that has happened for every witch and wizard starting third grade! She has a week to look, but will she find her familiar in time?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Emmie B.
• Release date: Oct 5, 2020
• ISBN: 9781953798008

Emmie B.

Emmie B. has spent half of her life living on the island of Guam. She went to high school at Southern Christian Academy and graduated from the University of Guam in May 2018. She decided that she wanted to be a writer at age 8 and still gets a thrill when she tells people that she is an author.Emmie B. was reading from a young age (she comes from a family of readers) and sees writing as her way to give back to something that gave her so much joy. Many of the books that influenced Emmie B's perspective on life were the stories she read in her late elementary and early middle school years. Books like the Secrets of Droon, Magic Treehouse, the Spiderwick Chronicles, and the Harry Potter Series all played important roles in Emmie B's life, and still influence her writing today.If you are interested in following her on social media, just look for @emmieb.books. She updates both her Instagram and Facebook at least once a week.

Book preview

1

Nine-year old Lila Teafeather fidgeted at her new, third grade desk at Butterpond Elementary. Her purple hair was pulled into its usual bun and her leg swung in time to the beat of Ms. Kettle’s speech.

Ms. Kettle was finishing her welcome back speech on orientation night, but Lila wanted it to be over already. She couldn’t care less about how to line up to leave. She wanted to go play in the last rays of summer before she returned to learn more magic, more history, and her least favorite, more math.

Lila’s new teacher, Ms. Kettle seemed nice. She smiled often and answered questions with grace. Her long brown hair was pulled in a ballerina bun, just like Lila’s. She wore a long black skirt and a twinkling sweater made of stars. Lila liked Ms. Kettle, but man could she talk.

Lila’s mom put a hand on her swinging knee, pulling Lila from her thoughts.

Hold still, sweety. This is important. Her mom whispered, not taking her eyes from the still talking Ms. Kettle.

Lila stopped swinging her leg, and instead began silently thrumming her fingers on the other knee, the one her mom couldn’t see.

Now, where are the little witches and wizards in the room? Ms. Kettle asked.

Lila perked up and raised her hand, as did about ten other boys and girls.

Ms Kettle nodded, smiling. "One morning this week you will wake up and see a colored line, like a rope. Only you will be able to see it. This is your guide to your familiar. You will follow it and find your familiar on the other end. Ms. Rogers told me that you’ve been trained in the lasso spell. I want you to continue practicing that spell because that is how you’re going to catch your familiar. You’ll have until the end of this