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Review: Repairing the World

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Repairing the World by Linda Epstein Aladdin (imprint of Simon & Schuster), 2022 Category: Middle Grade Reviewer: Bridget Hodder Buy at Bookshop.org ...maybe there really was magic here, things that were beyond what she thought, beyond what she already knew about the world. Daisy and Ruby are such close friends, they might as well be sisters. And like the best of sisters, they give and take from each other's strengths. Ruby's daring spirit and magical way of seeing the world give Daisy courage and inspiration. But when Ruby is suddenly torn from Daisy's life by a car accident, Daisy loses that courage and inspiration just when she needs it the most.   All the magic seems to have gone out of the world. Daisy will never regain what she has lost. But in the spirit of tikkun olam, she discovers that healing can spring from finding community in the wider world. Working together with new friends, she rekindles the magic for others that Ruby was so good at discovering for hers