The Unraveling of Emlyn DuLaine (The Rivenlea Sphere #1)

While reminiscing about her missing older sister Camille, who magically unraveled seven years prior, 17-year-old Emlyn DuLaine decides to continue the unfinished story she was telling Camille before her disappearance. As she writes, a tiny wyvern emerges from her notebook and transports her to Rivenlea, the fantasy setting of her tales. There, Emmy learns that she is an integral, long-awaited member of Novem XVII, part of a strike force that enters stories to repair them. Hoping to find clues to her sister’s whereabouts, Emmy struggles acclimating to her unit’s demands while exploring the world she thought she created. Further complicating matters, one of her teammates is 19-year-old Laramie Shayle, the handsome boy Emmy was creating as a love interest for Camille. As Novem XVII embarks on their first mission, Emmy realizes that her own origin is entangled with that of Rivenlea. Using snarky, genre-savvy first-person narration, Franklin (the Weaver trilogy) spins an inventive, fourth-wall-breaking portal fantasy that lauds the import of connection and storytelling. Jam-packed plotting gives way to compounding mystery that readers will be eager to unravel in future installments of this series-starting adventure. The protagonists cue as white. Ages 13–up. Agent: Rachel Kent, Books & Such Literary. (Feb.)