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Packed to the gills with fun. Kirkus Reviews
Stranger ThingsmeetsThe Miscalculations of Lightning Girlin this lightly spooky debut about Maggie, an aspiring young naturalist, and her YouTuber best friend, Nate, who use their smarts and science to solve the mystery behind a mutant fungus thats threatening the town.
Ever since Magnolia Stones scientist dad left Shady Pines to find a new job, Maggies been stuck in her grammas mobile home with her grumpy older brother, Ezra. Now shes on a mission to put her family back together by winning the Vitaccino Junior Naturalist Merit Award.
When Maggie and her best friend, Nate, a wannabe YouTube star and alien conspiracy theorist, scout out a rare bioluminescent fungus, Maggie is certain shes a shoo-in to win. But after animals around town start sprouting unusual growths and Ezra develops a bluish glow and hacking cough, Maggie wonders what theyve really stumbled onto.
As things in Shady Pines become stranger and more dangerous, and conversations with her dad get complicated, Maggie must use her scientific smarts and Nates impressive knowledge of all things spooky to put things back in order and prevent these peculiar glowing mushrooms from taking over their home.