Review: The Forgotten Magic of Zoey Turner

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12 year old Zoey suffers severe anxiety, brought on by the sudden death of her father, and has a fear of many things including germs, accidents and falling ill.

As a result Zoey is homeschooled and limits her travel beyond her home to very few places.

Zoey has been supported by her mum, best friend Lena and next door book shop owner Jada, who have shown understanding and patience when the fear bubbles up inside her.

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12 year old Zoey suffers severe anxiety, brought on by the sudden death of her father, and has a fear of many things including germs, accidents and falling ill. As a result Zoey is homeschooled and limits her travel beyond her home to very few places. Zoey has been supported by her mum, best friend Lena and next door book shop owner Jada, who have shown understanding and patience when the fear bubbles up inside her.

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Zoey and her dad shared a passion for a fantasy series called Magic of Ever After by the author Raven M Wells.
Together they would read the books and her father would often say 'Everything's going to be okay.
When a chance arises to meet her favourite author and have her book signed, Zoey is determined to attend the event and hopefully this will be a positive step towards finding some magic in her life.
Missing out on a signature she is instead given as a consolation a blue pencil with the inscription 'Make your own magic'.
Once Zoey begins to use the pencil she discovers her stories are coming to reality.

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Maybe stories can come true and just maybe she can find the magic to make her fearless like the heroine Kat in her fantasy nove...

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