Heartwarming, sincere, and generously penned, Emily Grace and the Secret of Lavender Field by novelist Valentina Ortico is a playful tale for young, intermediate readers. In it, Valentina Ortico, the author of What the Heart Yearns For and its sequel, The Long Road to Tomorrow, offers magic, mystery, and a big lesson on honing one's inner strength and believing in the impossible. Sunny Hollow is a very special place filled with all different sorts of animals. When a friendly turtle leads nine-year-old Emily Grace there, it becomes clear that she has been chosen to return something to the furry and feathery creatures she soon meets. Forced on a voyage of mythic proportions, Emily Grace will be helped in their cause by a honeybee named Turbo, a raccoon known as Ricochet, and Lady Lia, a very special fairy, though it's up to her to solve a riddle and undo what's been done.