Sponsor Vesuvian Books returns this week to share the perfect book for your last-minute shopping. Award-winning author Liana Gardner’s The Journal of Angela Ashby is a delectable middle-grade fantasy for all readers (who do grown-ups think we’re kidding?). A fortune-teller, a journal with mysterious powers, and a battle between the epic forces of good and evil (also known as middle-school cliques): Angela Ashby has all the makings of an extremely satisfying read. And it has heart, sweeping from humorous fantasy to the heartbreak of a dissolving family and tween-tested friendships in the flip of a page. Check out an excerpt on our sponsorship feature, then buy the book, and make someone (maybe you) very happy this holiday.

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