Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd Merry Gentry Here too are the brilliantly

Here too are the brilliantly conceived characters that must up Rice's unique pantheon: Ophelia-like Mona Mayfair

Aquitaine - in years gone by a mighty kingdom

menacing his dreams - and reveal an obsession with the powerful magic that lies deep inside the Department of Mysteries

the Wild West

shot three times in the back as he was straightening out the cargo deck of his station wagon

Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd Merry Gentry Here too are the brilliantlyAll Maggie really wants is a puppy and . . . achoo! At home, Maggie is the odd one out. Her parents are preoccupied with getting ready for a new baby, and her younger brothers are twins and always in their own world. Maggie loves animals and thinks a new puppy to call her own is the answer, but when she goes to select one on her birthday, she breaks out in hives and rashes. She's severely allergic to anything with fur! Can Maggie outsmart her