by Elizabeth Knox Canny is 16 years old and lives in a world "very like our own" in 1959. She is a mathematical genius, remembers pretty much everything, and has the unique ability to see "Extra," which she later discovers is part of an intricate magic system that only some can use, mainly the Zarenes. The Zarenes are a family that live in Zarene Valley, and Canny stumbles upon them while traveling with her older brother, Sholto, and his girlfriend, Susan, on a research project of the 1929 coal mine explosion that happened near the valley. The only Zarenes that live in the valley are between five and thirteen, plus Iris, Cyrus, Lealand, and Ghislain. Canny spends a lot of time wandering around, lying to her brother, and discovering the secrets of the valley and her past. After quite a lot of this, the end happens. And it's not because she figures anything out. It just happens. Canny comes up with various ways to do what she wants, most of ...
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