INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS (Unicorn Chronicles)

On a wintry night Cara and her grandmother are pursued into St. Christopher's church by an unknown man. Clutching her grandmother's mysterious amulet, Cara escapes into Luster, the Land of the Unicorns. Soon she is traveling across a beautiful but dangerous world to bring her grandmother's message to the oldest unicorn of all. This captivating opening volume of the much-loved Unicorn Chronicles has more than a million copies in print, and over 6,500 five-star reviews on GoodReads. "In the first volume of The Unicorn Chronicles, 11-year-old Cara narrowly escapes being captured on Earth by "leaping" to Luster, the land of the unicorns, only to find that she is being pursued there as well. Aided by Lightfoot, a teenage unicorn; by the bearlike Dimblethum; and by silly Squijim, Cara makes her way to the Unicorn Queen to deliver a mysterious message from her grandmother. On the journey she learns how her family and the unicorns are entwined and earns the favor of a powerful dragon. Coville weaves traditional unicorn myths into his light, accessible fantasy and provides a neatly contrived ending that hints at the next adventure." -- BOOKLIST