Spells for Lost Things

by Jenna Evans Welch

The world is a book, and those who do not travel only read one page. Well, I’m going to read every page I can. One of those pages is going to tell me the answer to where I belong. My home is out there. All I have to do is find it.

My mom has no tolerance for leaving things to chance, whereas I am in a constant state of wanting to take chances.

“As a child she was as big-hearted as they come, and she was always trying to care for everyone. Unfortunately, it’s the big-hearted ones who tend to have the greatest risk for heartache. They give it their all, and then the world lets them down in a million tiny ways. Then they build walls. That’s why she ran from Salem. She couldn’t take it anymore.”

handling groups of unruly tourists on the mean streets of Salem. If I wasn’t so stressed out, I’d be impressed.

Planets orbit the sun, and Willows orbit the Earth.”

“Every minute with you is magic.” It’s a Salem thing to say.