This moving story about a magical bookstore explores the way war can shape a family and is perfect for book lovers everywhere,especially fans of Pages & Co.Paxand Wolf Hollow. It’s 1944 SuttonNYand Poppy’s family owns and runsRhyme and Reasona magical bookshop that caters to people from all different places and time periods. Though her world is ravaged by World War IIcustomers hail from the past and the futureinfusing the shop with a delightful mix of ideas and experiences. Poppy dreams of someday becoming shopkeeper like her fatherthough her older brotherAlis technically next in line for the job. She knows all of the rules handed down from one generation of Bookseller to the nextespecially their most important one- shopkeepers must never use the magic for themselves. But then Al’s best friend is killed in the war and her brother wants to use the magic of the shop to save him. With her father in the hospital suffering from a mysterious illnessthe only one standing between Al and the bookstore is Poppy. Caught between her love for her brother and loyalty to her familyshe knows her brother’s actions could have devastating consequences that reach far beyond the bookshop as an insidiousgrowing Darkness looms. This decision is bigger than Poppy ever dreamedand the fate of the bookshops hangs in the balance.