Jules Verne and a Raven Named Poe

Thirteen-year-old Theresa Shepherd is standing in the grocery store, looking for her favorite candy, when she notices her mother standing at the end of the aisle.Nothing strange there--except Theresa's mother has been dead for five years. And so begins Theresa's wild story, a story filled with crazy magicians and enchanted birds, with the dead rising from the grave and with wishes gone horribly wrong. And the only one who can save Theresa and her family is their mysterious new...
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Thirteen-year-old Theresa Shepherd is standing in the grocery store, looking for her favorite candy, when she notices her mother standing at the end of the aisle.Nothing strange there--except Theresa's mother has been dead for five years. And so begins Theresa's wild story, a story filled with crazy magicians and enchanted birds, with the dead rising from the grave and with wishes gone horribly wrong. And the only one who can save Theresa and her family is their mysterious new neighbor, a woman who calls herself Jules Verne and claims to travel through time.