The Game, by Diana Wynne Jones (Firebird, 2007)

After Haylay is sent to spend time with her family in Ireland, she’s surprised to learn just how many aunts, uncles and cousins she actually has. Luckily, they don’t let her feel left-out for long, and before she knows it, Haylay’s participating in a strange game the children play, involving trips to a magical realm called the mythosphere. Her trips into the mythosphere, and her interactions with the various beings that inhabit it, help her to understand the true nature and origins of her family, and her own place in the world. Magic and mythology interweave in this charming, clever novella, and Jones is clearly at the top of her game here.


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>