World Apart Author:Lisa Wright Twelve-year-old Lindsay Wexler hopes her family will finally put down roots when they inherit Great-Uncle Eldridge's bookstore in upstate New York. She could never have guessed that those roots extend all the way into another world, a world where a banished magic has reawakened and is tearing the world apart. Lindsay and ten-year-old James stum... more »ble into Gaiasisperan where they are thrown together in a terrible race against time with twelve-year-old Maalya (MAHL' ya) who resents Lindsay for refusing to use the power Maalya craves. It takes a great deal of courage and self-acceptance in order for these three children to rescue the magical land of Gaiasisperan from destruction. Along the way, they encounter the mysterious Newton Catspaugh and his remarkable pig, Henrietta, as well as Ama, with her healing hands, and Brinon, who seems as lost in his own world as Lindsay.« less