Triple Magic: Trickstars Book One (Karen Wood, A&U)

Triplets Ruby, Kit and Lexie live with their mother and grandfather on the family farm and are kept busy with farm work. But their beautiful horses are bred for the circus, not for ploughing fields, and the twins soon discover the importance of their own circus heritage. As the first book in the series, this one has plenty of back story to get in, but Karen Wood seamlessly weaves the girls’ Romani past into the main narrative. There are themes of sisterly love, family secrets passed down through generations, and just a touch of magic. The series will appeal to girls who love stories about the circus, horses or siblings. Wood is an experienced writer of rural settings with her ‘Diamond Spirit’ series, and the world she has created is authentic and appealing. A number of new chapter book series are poised to burst onto the publishing scene in the next few months. Sadly, they can’t all survive, but ‘Trickstars’ has enough excitement and quality writing to last the distance.

Angela Crocombe is the children’s book buyer at Readings Carlton

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