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Twelve-year-old Chili Sue Mahoney has never been outside of her small Appalachian town. Momma says Mercy Hill, Kentucky, is her “true home,” but Chili longs to see the world—to have the freedom to leave and to explore.So when Miss Matlock is brought in as the 7th grade substitute teacher, Chili and her classmate Willie Bright are thrilled. Everyone knows Miss Matlock has traveled around the globe. Why she’s come back to her childhood home after all this time is a mystery, but Chili and Willie are eager to befriend her despite the rumors. As the three spend time together, Chili learns about the jungles and deserts and cities of the world. But she also discovers that there’s more to Mercy Hill than she thought: beauty, in the people and places she’s known all her life, and secrets, sometimes where they’re least expected.
About the Author
Katie Pickard Fawcett grew up in the hills of Eastern Kentucky. She has been a social worker in Appalachia, tutored middle and high school students in Virginia, and been an international civil servant and freelance writer. To Come and Go Like Magic has been named a Parent's Choice Recommended Book, listed by the Bank Street Children's Book Committee as one of the best books of the year (with a star for outstanding merit), featured in Weekly Reader's READ magazine, selected for Battle of the Books 2012 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and recently won the Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Award for best book of 2011. Please check out the author's site at http://katiepickardfawcett.wordpress.com/
