The enterprising entrepreneur reimburses himself for the shirts and splits the remaining proceeds, which leaves him with enough for that poster as well as a “brand-new business book,” while his friends express other fiscal strategies: saving their share, spending it all on new art supplies, or donating part and buying a (math) book with the rest. Then he recruits three friends to decorate them with his design and help sell them for an unspecified amount (from a conveniently free and empty street-fair booth) until they’re gone.

Having only half of the $10 he needs for a Minka J poster, Daymond forks over $1 to buy a plain T-shirt, paints a picture of the pop star on it, sells it for $5, and uses all of his cash to buy nine more shirts. John, founder of the FUBU fashion line and a Shark Tank venture capitalist, offers a self-referential blueprint for financial success. How to raise money for a coveted poster: put your friends to work!

The right readers will love this to pieces. The magical realism is reminiscent of the Chronicles of Narnia, Elizabeth Goudge, or a child's version of Life of Pi. Emmaline's narration is unreliable, flawlessly childlike, and deeply honest her faith in magic brings her solace and, possibly, healing. The Horse Lord leaves a note detailing what Emmaline must do to save the mare's life, and she embarks upon a quest made increasingly difficult by her declining health. Only she can see the horses in the mirrors only she can see the mare with a damaged wing who comes to live in the walled garden. The horses were lost in the Blitz, and now Emmaline, afflicted with a disease she calls the 'stillwaters,' lives without her family in a former manor home–turned–pediatric hospital. A young English World War II refugee finds magic tending the winged horses who live in the mirrors of her sanatorium.Įmmaline May (her age is never given, though readers can extrapolate that she's older than 8, younger than 13 as well, she's not described as white, but, along with everyone else in the novel, probably is due to its setting) misses her parents, her older sister, and the horses that helped with the deliveries of her family's bakery.

Midnight beauties by megan shepherd