Falcon and the Charles Street Witch

Luli Gray. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $16 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-618-16410-3

On her way back to New York from Australia, Falcon goes after her brother Toody when he falls out of the airplane in Falcon and the Charles Street Witch by Luli Gray. Perhaps the dragonsbreath that carries her safely to the ground belongs to her long-lost dragon pal, Egg, first met in Falcon's Egg, which PW said, in a starred review, ""artfully braid[s] together real life and fantasy."" (Apr.)

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