Phoebe and her sister older sister, Alice, aren’t getting along and Phoebe can’t figure out how to fix their relationship. One day, she buys an antique Cartier compact at a flea market in Paris and finds a letter written in World War ll from a girl to her younger sister who had been evacuated from London and was away from the rest of the family for safety. In the letter, there is a ‘spell’ that will bring the sisters back together.

Phoebe decides to follow the clues through London in order to make the spell work for Alice and her. So, she and her friend, Ned, traverse London on a quest to make the spell happen. Along the way, the reader will learn about all the wonderful parts of London and find out at the end if the spell works.

This book is light and sweet and will appeal to fans of realistic fiction.