Brittle Magic by Kate O’Shaughnessy is an engaging middle-grade magical realism novel. At the heart of the story is Shiloh whose older brother passed away after he was pushed down a set of stairs before she and her twin brother were born. Her family refuses to talk about him and what happened and as a result, Shiloh’s mother has become overprotective and her father, while very caring for his family, is fairly disengaged from life. Complicating this scenario is everyone in her
