On this special episode, we’re celebrating the Best Middle-Grade Books of 2022. We’re joined by author L.D. Lapinski to discuss The Secrets of the Stormforest (Aladdin, Sept. 13), the third and final installment in their remarkable Strangeworlds Travel Agency fantasy series, in which adventurer Felicity “Flick” Hudson and best friend Jonathan Mercator confront some of the most dastardly characters in the multiverse.

Here’s a bit from Kirkus’ starred review of The Secrets of the Stormforest: “Flick’s life since she first entered the Strangeworlds Travel Agency has been a series of adventures in different worlds, where her unusual magic is needed to shore up the multiverse. Now she and best friend Jonathan have discovered that all of the mysteries they’ve encountered in previous adventures were due to the magic-devouring Seren, who will destroy the multiverse if they aren’t stopped.…A moving conclusion to a delightful trilogy” (starred review).

Lapinski and host Megan Labrise discuss whether Stormforest is, indeed, the conclusion to the Strangeworlds trilogy; World Book Day; where we find Flick at the beginning of Book Three; building multiple words in one series, and how each one needs its own distinctive vibe; Lapinski’s favorite world to write about; Flick’s possession of a powerful magic she can’t yet control; how possessing magic can be a blessing or a curse (or both); Lapinski’s year in reading; and much more.

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