Emma and the Ruby Ring

Yvonne MacGrory. Milkweed Editions, $17.95 (180pp) ISBN 978-1-57131-635-6

Emma Martin takes readers on a trip to 19th-century Ireland after accidentally making a wish on her cousin's magic ring in Emma and the Ruby Ring by Yvonne MacGrory, the follow-up to The Secret of the Ruby Ring. Terry Myler's b&w cross-hatch drawings pepper the text. ( Apr.)

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