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Product Description When ten-year-old Maddy Trevor goes for her annual summer visit to her grandfather and her cat Sabrina goes missing, she searches the woods and discovers a magical world. From School Library Journal Grade 4-6?The first volume in a projected trilogy. Maddy is sent to stay with her grandfather for the summer. On the first day of her visit, she sees an elf riding a cat. After that, things snowball until she and her grandfather end up helping the Eastern Clan battle The Horned One (an owl) and his mate. Some of the language Turner uses is stunning. However, she doesn't use it effectively to create a sense of place, or to fully develop her characters. Maddy's relationship with her grandfather seems to be based on their shared delight in the flip side of life, yet she does not confide in him about the elves?she leaves him to discover them on his own. The final hints that he had previous dealings with them come too late to support the middle of the story. Though Turner has a good ear for dialogue, she fails to infuse it with emotion. The elves do not come off as particularly believable, either. The sprinkling of elfin words is more distracting than charming, and though there is a glossary at the back of the book, it comes a little too late to be of much use. Finally, the need for a human alliance seems contrived, since the people don't provide anything more than sideline support during the final battle with The Horned One.?Patricia A. Dollisch, DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur, GA Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist Gr. 3^-7. Maddy has always found summers with Grandpa to be full of peace, joy, and nature. This summer is even more magical, for what begins as a search for her missing cat, Sabrina, becomes an exploration of the lush world of the forest where elves have lived for hundreds of years. Like the elves they discover, Maddy and Grandpa find tha