Written by Kaela Noel
The Cats of Silver Crescent is a deliciously cozy mystery with some dark magic, four unusual cats, and two girls tasked with performing an enchantment that would keep the former from turning back into regular cats.
When Elsby MacBride arrives to stay with her great-aunt in Rhode Island, she anticipates a boring summer ahead. She never expects to get a nighttime visit from four humanlike cats living in the abandoned house next door, or to be drawn into the town’s lore of sorcerers and ghosts, all the more tantalizing when regaled to her by a gothic-clad new friend named Penelope. Will the spell they must learn come at too great a price?
This story unfolds at the perfect pace and includes middle school awkwardness, budding creativity, friendship, trust, magic, good vs. evil, and of course, talking cats. Where was this book the summer I was going into sixth grade!
Reviewed by Kristen Hunt, Librarian, Whittier Elementary School
Review shared in June 2024
Rating: ★★★★✩ (4 stars)
Interest Level: Grades 4-7
The Cats of Silver Crescent
Written by Kaela Noel
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
266 pages
Release Date: April 30, 2024
ISBN: 9780062956002
A review copy was provided by the publisher.
