The Firelight Apprentice Fathers Cranky Bear

Cranky Bear

The Sons of El Rey is an intimate portrait of a family wading against time and legacy

Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions

now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t

The Firelight Apprentice Fathers Cranky BearThe bestselling author illustrator of Garlic and the Vampire, Bree Paulsen, brings her fantastical storytelling and warm, sparkling artwork to this story that celebrates the bond between sisters. In a city powered by magic and still recovering from a bloody war, Ada is concerned about her younger sister Safis developing powers. She understands that Safi could learn how to control her magic under the apprenticeship of a king's magician. But with the