Isabel is a poor rich girl. Her socialite mother has little time for her. Her artist father is kindhearted, but doesn't know how to act around children, so Isabel is left to herself much of the time. One day she finds an injured fairy in the woods near her father's cabin. The fairy gives her a necklace and makes her promise she will deliver it to the Seelie general, Miyori. Thus Isabel is sucked into the fairy world and is caught up in the war between the Seelie and Unseelie courts. With the help of a mushroom spirit and a human boy named Benjie, she seeks to return the necklace to its rightful owner and heal both the fairy world and her own.This is a decent graphic fantasy after the style of Amulet. Both Isabel and Benjie are sympathetic characters, the story is interesting, and the action is fast paced. There were a few times when I didn't understand the visual cues in the pictures, and had to go back over a page or two to understand what was happening. I am beginning to understand that creating illustrations that clearly depict action sequences is a tricky business and only a few illustrators are true masters. Still, this book has a lot of kid appeal and I am sure I will be recommending it a lot this summer. (209 p. 2018)
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