Winner of a 2015 North Street Book Prize. "I would have adored this book as a thirteen-year-old who was very interested in history and science, and I enjoyed it immensely as an adult...." Ellen LaFleche, assistant judge, North Street Book Prize When Jenna Connolly is orphaned in eighteenth century London, she faces two problems: first, she must find a way to stay out of the workhouse and off the streets; second, she must find a way to shake the disturbing visions she's been having ever since her father's death. Jenna doesn't want to hear what animals are thinking. She doesn't want to know...

London, 1758. Orphan Jem Connolly, disguised as a boy, works for physician John Abernathy and makes medicine on the side with herbalist Margery Jamison. Life is good, except for Jem's inborn magic, which forces her to listen to what animals are thinking and to know, by touch, which illnesses hide deep inside Abernathy's patients. Lately, Jem's Second Sight has flung her spirit into birds, leaving her body behind and helpless. Jem wants to try to control her magic on her own, but Abernathy thinks Jem should study in Cornwall with Margery's Sighted grandmother. When Jem's old enemy, Patch,...