Book excerpt: Abandoned with her estranged grandmother for the entire summer, Dawn feels as though she has just been handed a life sentence. But the magic and mystery alive in the forest, surrounding her grandmother’s cabin, soon sends the teenage girl on an inner journey of self-discovery and enchantment. As Dawn unveils a host of family secrets, experiences her first love, and is catapulted into a new realm of reality, she must find her innermost courage and shift her perception of the world she once knew. The Wandalyns is a touching, humourous, and captivating coming-of-age tale about igniting the magic that lies within us all.