Vivian Van Tassel and the Secret of Midnight Lake Allison Saft • Ray McMillian is a

• Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise—undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world—when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather’s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world

but the war raging around Maia is nothing compared to the battle within

But far from fading into the background

of a man who offered salvation only to rip it all away

the Evil Librarians series

Vivian Van Tassel and the Secret of Midnight Lake Allison Saft • Ray McMillian is aA debut epic middle grade fantasy from the New York Times bestselling Dungeons & Dragons expert Michael Witwer! Twelve year old Vivian Van Tassel is angry: angry about her moms mysterious and sudden death; at her dad for uprooting their lives in Chicago to move to the sleepy, creepy town of Midnight Lake; at the bullies who seem to be drawn to her no matter how much she tries to keep her head downbut mostly angry at herself for causing bad things to