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Anberg family members as well as everyone in their tight knit community have magical powers. The Anbergs, however, move away from their friends, and instead choose to live with "non magicals" simply to experience life that is different from their own. They work, go to school, and live typical lives until mom Kay, dad David and son Adam are abducted in the middle of the night by unseen forces. The youngest Anberg family member, Caroline, is a high school freshman, who is now left behind, and as she frets over what she must do, the family home collapses all around her, leaving her in the middle...

Gearoid Cheaist O Cathain was the last child brought up on the Blasket Islands off Ireland's southwest coast. His childhood was unique, as he was the only child on the island, the nearest in age being his uncle who was 30 years older. A 1951 newspaper article described him as 'the loneliest boy in the world - he has only seagulls as playmates'. In this captivating memoir, he recalls growing up on the island without a doctor, priest, school, church or electricity. The trials and tribulations of the small, vulnerable fishing community until its evacuation are vividly related. Despite public...