Jane Zalben

The Fortuneteller in 5b Jane Zalben

One day a mysterious new neighbor moves into apartment 5B upstairs. Eleven-year-old Alexandria and her best friend Jenny suspect she might be a witch or a vampire. After all, she speaks with a Transylvania accent, brews up concoctions with strange herbs and has a heavy trunk covered with foreign labels. Alex learns that people who are strange or different arent always to be feared. In fact, sometimes they can turn out to be friends."A portrait of an immensely likable sixth-grade girl dealing with the joys and tribulations of growing up while living with loss and learning to accept it."The Horn Book