But when Rook makes her own door, it opens to the wrong place - a snowy forest? Before she can close it, out rushes a giant fox, scaring her and Drift's customers, sending them yelling for the constables. They do their job in helping people escape Regora through Rook's doors. She finds her fellow exile and best friend, Drift. While buying food, the market is stormed by a Frenzy (a group of people 'changed' by an illness caused by being in close proximity to a large cache of magic.) Rook barely escapes by using her magical ability - creating 'doors' to anywhere in the Tallhaven world. Rook gets her food from the Night (Black) Market, a place that sells illegal magic items. The exiles eventually escaped their 'shelter' and went on the run to avoid being caught again. Wanting someone to blame, the people of Tallhaven turned on the memory-less exiles. The Great Disaster was when the portal between Vora and Tallhaven exploded, making the well-relied-on magic become dangerous. In other words, she is a magical child that arrived on a Sky-ship through the Voran portal, just before The Great Disaster. My 12 year old 7th grader is an avid reader. Piper is a heroine to fall in love with: smart, brave, kind, and mechanically inclined to boot.' -School Library Journal, Starred Review ' A fantastic and original tale of adventure and magic. ' Heart, brains, and courage find a home in a steampunk fantasy worthy of a nod from Baum.' -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review a page-turner that defies easy categorization and ought to have broad appeal.' -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review if that world doesn't destroy them first. But it's beginning to look like they're the only ones who can save their adopted world. Try as they might, Rook and Drift can't remember anything about their lives before Talhaven.

Because magic doesn't die right away-it decays, twists, and poisons all that it touches. Rook and Drift are two of those children, and ever since that day, they've been on the run, magical refugees in a world that doesn't trust magic. It happened with a giant explosion and the arrival of a skyship full of children, all with magic running through their veins and no memory of home. There was no warning the day magic died in Talhaven. Perfect for fans of Serafina and the Black Cloak and the School for Good and Evil series!

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mark of the Dragonfly comes a thrilling fantasy adventure about two magical friends living as refugees in a world that doesn't trust magic.

The Door to the Lost by Jaleigh Johnson