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“Entertaining, witty, and magical.“
Reading age
8-12
Genre
Fantasy
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Publication date
October 12, 2021
My brief summary of the book
Everyone in Torak village thinks Marya’s brother, Luka, will become a sorcerer like many men. It is the Tradition that every boy must get evaluated to see if the boy is magic or not. Everyone hopes that Luka is a sorcerer while Marya always has to be in her brother’s shadow. When the day finally came, Marya made a colossal mistake by accidentally letting the goat out and yelling at a high count. A letter arrived at the family saying that Marya must go to Dragomir Academy for troubled girls. Will Marya make the best of her time in Dragomir?
My thoughts
The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy is a captivating, fabulous book that I highly recommend to fantasy fans. I enjoyed the magical elements, but I loved the world-building and the descriptions of things in the story the most. My favorite characters are intelligent Elana and Cute Katya. Overall, an excellent book with lovely descriptions.
My rating
About the author
“Anne Ursu is the author of the acclaimed novels The Lost Girl, Breadcrumbs, and The Real Boy, which was longlisted for the National Book Award. The recipient of a McKnight Fellowship Award in Children’s Literature, Anne is also a member of the faculty at Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She lives in Minneapolis with her family and an ever-growing number of cats.” – Amazon.
More by Ann Ursu
- The Lost Girl
- Breadcrumbs
