The Munchkins: 1

*Gold Award Winner of Teen Category in the 2021-2022 Reader Views Literary Awards* 2021 Story Monsters Approved Award in Tween Novels* 16th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Juvenile FictionThe Munchkins has all the ingredients for a fantastical magical YA story that also caters to adults who absolutely love the Potter-esque world that happens maybe twice in a lifetime. - Reader ViewsThirteen extraordinary children with mysterious powers. Their loving and protective father. And a sociopathic neighbor who knows them better than they know themselves. When Capricorn Munch and her twelve siblings appear outside a childrens home no one including themselves knows who they are or where they came from. At ten years old they stop aging as she and her siblings develop powers that gift them with incredible abilities like healing wounds and manifesting objects. They keep these powers secret and their adoptive father restricts their use. Capricorn strives to live a normal life blissfully playing with her favorite sisters witty and bold Allie empathic and wise Breezy and giddy and sweet Hazy.But now a sudden threat has intruded on their carefree lives: Their next-door neighbor a man who calls himself Big Boss. Capricorn watches fretfully as Big Boss encroaches on her family like a malevolent force feeding hostility between her siblings and causing them to be reckless with their powers. Capricorn knows Big Boss is plotting something sinister and can only pray it doesnt end in ultimate doom for her and her family.Told in a fast-paced narrative voice with complex characters the exhilarating fantasy will keep readers guessing until the very end-all while falling in love with the quirky cast. The book deserved to be made into a movie or a web series. - The Prairies Book Review