Chapter 9
The Principles of Magic
Penny spent the rest of that Saturday in her bedroom, sitting on her bed reading the same two pages of the book over and over again, and on the phone in the living room, trying to reach Zoe. The first few times it just continued to ring until she gave up. After that, she got a busy signal. She had a feeling Zoe’s grandma had taken their phone off the hook.
As desperately as she wanted to talk to Zoe, to share her discovery, Penny decided it might be best to give it up for the rest of the day. Whatever Zoe had done to get in trouble, Penny didn’t want to make it any worse for her.
She regretted leaving the wand at Aurora Hollow, wanting badly to hold it again; eager to try what she’d read in the old leather-bound book. Overall, she decided she was bette
