Mr. Dawson Downy loved his woodpecker life. He was a happy bird who enjoyed his friends and neighbors like Mr. Clarence Cardinal, Ms. Bella Bluejay, and Mr. Grantham Goldfinch--and all of his other feathered and furry pals who played in the welcoming trees, deep grass, and colorful flowers that made up Miss Blue's backyard. But on this special day, among all his everyday special days, Mr. Downy's woodpecker life--and Miss B's world--were going to quickly change when he tried to greet a new bird in Miss B's garden, a bird that looked remarkably like him--or so he thought. Won't you join the author as she turns a lovely week in her life--and the life of an endearing woodpecker--into a charming story about dealing with unexpected challenges, taking deep breaths when we need to be brave, and making special friends with those who are very different yet so much like us?

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The New York Times bestselling author of This Present Darkness and “master storyteller” (Karen Kingsbury, New York Times bestselling author) crafts a stunning thriller about a grieving husband who encounters a mysterious teen identical to his dead wife. Is this magic at work or something darker? After a car wreck tragically claims the life of his wife and magic partner, Mandy, Dane Collins finds himself in a quaint coffee shop transfixed by a magician whose illusions even he, a seasoned professional, cannot explain. Even more mysterious is the performer herself. Nineteen-year-old Mandy has never met him, doesn’t know him, is certainly not in love with him, but is in every respect identical to the young beauty he met and married some forty years earlier. They begin a furtive relationship as mentor and protégée, but as Dane tries to figure out who Mandy really is, the two have no idea that she is being watched by those who not only possess all the answers but who also have the power to decide her fate.