Coming of Age

The story of FOG MAGIC is a coming of age story. All her life, eleven-year-old Greta has been fascinated by the thick fog. Although everyone else in her small village dreads the fog, Greta seems to flourish in it. The fog is the magical carpet ride that takes her to a world of adventure and fantasy. She shares close relationships with the spirits who live in Blue Cove. After being away from Blue Cove for several weeks, Greta wonders if she has been there at all—or has she imagined the place from stories she has heard and books she has read.

Greta loves her friends in Blue Cove although she is bright and observant enough to know that the people in Blue Cove are very different than the people who live in her village of Little Valley. But Greta clings to the magical place...