The Grace of Wild Things

This middle-grade fantasy, a magical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables, follows Grace, a twelve-year-old orphan witch who runs away from her orphanage on Prince Edward Island to become the apprentice of a feared witch named Miss Puddlestone who lives in the woods. Grace strikes a bargain with the witch—if she can correctly perform all the spells in the witch's grimoire before the trees flower, she'll earn an apprenticeship, but if she fails, she'll lose her magic forever. Along the way, Grace makes friends, confronts a school bully, befriends a fairy boy, and bonds with her poetry-loving crow familiar, Windweaver, all while exploring themes of found family, belonging, loss, and the power of imagination. The story blends whimsical, poetic language with real-world emotional themes, making it a heartfelt and comic adventure about identity and self-discovery.