The Fortuneteller in 5B

About the Book

One day a mysterious new neighbor moves into apartment 5B upstairs. Eleven-year-old Alexandria and her best friend Jenny suspect she might be a witch or a vampire. After all, she speaks with a Transylvania accent, brews up concoctions with strange herbs and has a heavy trunk covered with foreign labels. Alex learns that people who are strange or different aren’t always to be feared. In fact, sometimes they can turn out to be friends.

"A portrait of an immensely likable sixth-grade girl dealing with the joys and tribulations of growing up while living with loss and learning to accept it."

—The Horn Book

About the Author

Jane Breskin Zalben is the author and artist of over forty children's books. She writes, illustrates, and designs picture books, chapter books, novels, poetry books, and cookbooks, and is also a painter. She lives on Long Island. Her Web site is: www.janebreskinzalben.com

Cover art by Jonathan Zalben.