Anica Mrose Rissi

Jul 15, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Anica Mrose Rissi |Jon Klassen |Ellen Oh |Harper Collins

Wishing Season by Anica Mrose Rissi; Quill Tree, 240 pages ($18.99) Age 8 to 12. “At ten minutes past the usual time, the school bus rolled to its usual stop, opened its door, and coughed out a girl.”Thus begins this beautifully written, moving novel, set in summer on an island off Maine, of an 11-year-old girl struggling with overwhelming grief after the death of her beloved twin brother.