The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Wilce, Ysabeau S.

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog

431 pp. | Harcourt | January, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-15-205433-5 $17.00

(2) YA Flora dreams of becoming a Ranger, an arm of the military that has been outlawed. When the last of the Rangers has been captured, Flora mounts a rescue, enlisting the help of supernatural butler Valefor. The use of language in Flora's feisty, sardonic narration is outstanding. Readers will enjoy immersing themselves in Wilce's credible magical conceit, soaking in the startling details.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2007