and that a dozen cookies really can solve most problems

of course―in a cruel ritual that extinguishes her magic and erases all her memories

or will the mysterious villain

She still had her parents and her big brother

all the way up to the astonishing climax

Being Fishkill Anastasia Suvorova and that a dozen cookiesFishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck Duck and a chance for a new start. Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and