Cara Diana Hunter and her grandmother, Ivy Morris, are being pursued. Cara follows her grandmother's instructions to escape: on the twelfth bell of the church clock, she calls on the power of her grandmother's amulet and is transported to Luster, the land of the unicorns, where she is to give the message that "the Wanderer is weary." In Luster, Cara is attacked by a delver, but rescued by a unicorn called Lightfoot and a man-bear creature called the Dimblethum. She meets others as well, and learns that her grandmother visited Luster many years ago - but now, both Ivy and Luster itself are in danger from hunters descended from a woman called Beloved.

Creative worldbuilding and mythology underpin this adventure story with a strong girl at its center.

See also: Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

Quotes

"I like fixing things," [Thomas the Tinker] said as he worked. "The world is always breaking, here and there, this way and that. Fix a bit of it, and I feel like I'm helping." (90) ( )

The first book, "Into the Land of Unicorns", was one of my lucky finds in a Scholastic book order that I had as a younger child. With luck my mother allowed me to get the book and I just fell in love with it while when the second one came out I snatched it up.

The reading and usage of words is simple - both in understanding and in reading so the books make for a fast read for the insatiable book-reader. And with lots of emotions, action and fantasy the book brings a whole new world to life.

The characters are memorable and full of personality while they just seem to grow with each turn of the page. The scenery is given in breathtaking detail whether the Rainbow Prison, Luster or the stories that abound.

And I just love how the author finishes the books. Now that I know there is a third and a fourth I need to hunt them down. ( )