From acclaimed author Camryn Garrett comes a middle-grade mystery with a magical twist.

Everything is changing, and twelve-year-old Rowan Robinson hates it. She’s dreading having to spend her summer in New York City with her Aunt Monica, even though she used to love it. But after her father died, nothing about her world feels the same.

Things start to get better when Rowan brings her dad’s old camera to Central Park to take pictures. But as she’s snapping photos, she notices a strange shape floating in the air. When she gets closer to it, she falls through the portal and finds herself in a different world: Seneca Village, where Black people with magical abilities seem to live in the past. At first, Rowan thinks it must be a dream, but the more time she spends in the village with her new friend Lily, the more she wants it to be real.

But outsiders aren’t even supposed to be able to find Seneca. Rowan and Lily aren’t sure how Rowan was able to see the portal, but they suspect it might have something to do with the girl who normally guards the portal having gone missing. As Rowan and Lily search for clues to help find the missing girl and uncover the truth of the portal’s magic, Rowan begins to realize that the village may be hiding secrets, and that the events of the past still linger in the present day.

Filled with sparkling magic, honest explorations of grief, and moving depictions of a new friendship, The Forgotten Summer of Seneca asks us to remember a history that’s often overlooked—and imagine a future where we’re brave enough to embrace change.