This whimsical fairytale pushes the boundaries of what middle-grade fantasy can be and readers?won?t stop turning pages in this coming-of-age story.??Kirkus Reviews exclaims, ?an imaginatively complex world peopled by a well-drawn cast of vulnerable, villainous, sympathetic, tragic, and very human characters who come to life on the page […] A richly imagined world continues to deepen in the third book of this well-realized YA fantasy series.??In the third book of the series,?The Words of the Wandering,?Ivy?s power grows, and so does the Dark Queen?s intent to destroy her.?Traveling far and wide, and even into the past, Ivy strains to discover the powers that brought the Queen into power and what her own role might be. A whirlwind chase to a magical circus,?an enemy turning over a new leaf, a protector that can?t be trusted. Can Ivy work with friends????new and old????to recover what was lost??The stakes have never been higher.?Curious and whimsical, both shy and brave, Ivy is a hero that connects with readers of all ages. For those who wished that Narnia, Harry Potter, and Alice in Wonderland could go on forever, Croswald opens a whole new world of magic. Recommended as a read-aloud for families and a first middle-grade fantasy read,?The Crowns of Croswald?is a four-part series that will carry readers to a whimsical world that they won?t want to leave.