Tinsey Clover by Chelsea Walker Flagg

TINSEY CLOVER by Chelsea Walker Flagg, Early Middle Grade, 216 pp., $10.99 (paperback) $7.99 (Kindle)

Title: TINSEY CLOVER
Author: Chelsea Walker Flagg
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 216
Genre: Early Middle Grade

Tinsey Clover is smart. She’s brave. Also, she can’t carry a tune to save her life. Oh yeah, plus she’s an elf the size of a chipmunk. When her bizarre magical power grows in and makes her feel like a total outsider in her own village, Tinsey sneaks into the forbidden forest on a journey to find someone more like her. From trolls to dragons, what she discovers along the way challenges everything, and everyone, she thought she knew.

A coming of age story for early middle grade fans of Sarah Mlynowski, Kate DiCamillo, and Chris Colfer.

My Thoughts:
This is an adorable little book that my 8 year old and I read together and enjoyed. Tinsey is such a great character. The author did a good job in giving you an engaging story, but with depth to it. Tinsey finds out that the world isn't as she has always believed.
I enjoyed the tale and wondering what Tinsey would do next. There is a wonderful mix of characters and I'm not certain who would be my favorite! I liked the underlying message and think the author did a great job of making it clear without 'in your face'.
4/5 for us. We would absolutely read more from this author.

Thank you to the author for the review copy of this book via PumpUpYourBook. I received this book in exchange for an honest review and the opinions stated above are 100% mine.

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Today’s the day. The day I’m finally going to sneak out of Snugglepunk to explore the rest of the Bungaborg Forest. Of course, I said the same thing yesterday. And the day before. And the day before that. But, today, I really mean it.

I brush a strand of shaggy purple hair out of my full moon emerald green eyes and make a thirty-degree turn to the right followed by forty-four paces. A full right-angle turn to the left then another hundred-and-seven steps. I calculate the path with precision, quietly weaving my way in and out of massive brown tree trunks so old, you could climb into their wrinkles and stay hidden for weeks. The trees shoot up most likely all the way to space, spreading their enormous, greedy branches to hog all the sunlight for themselves.

Not to brag or anything, but I’m pretty much an expert sneaker. I mean, when you’ve done something as much as I’ve done this, it’s hard not to be an expert. Another ninety degree right turn. I’m close now. Thirty more yards, which is no small distance when you’re only the size of a chipmunk. Still, my bare feet know the way by heart. They glide quickly over the mossy ground beneath me.

I tune into my slightly pointy ears for a second. Part of being a great sneaker is using all your senses. I hear the call of the morning Icelandic birds and a soft, melodic humming of the other trealfur elves waking up. It’s not an unusual sound.

Trealfur elves always hum. It’s just something you do when you’ve got the best singing voices in the forest.

Chelsea is an award-winning author of both adult and children’s books. She lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband and three practically perfect daughters.

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