The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Trevayne, Emma

Spindrift and the Orchid

245 pp. | Simon | May, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-6259-4 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-6261-7

(2) 4-6 Eleven-year-old orphan Spindrift discovers that a crystal ball containing an orchid can grant her wishes that affect objects, and that her mother died trying to locate six other orchids. Menacing Roland will stop at nothing to complete that same mission. The portrayals of Spindrift's loving relationship with her grandfather and the madness that controls Roland are almost convincing enough to persuade readers of the folly of possessing unlimited wishes.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2018