The Welcome Chair series-Hand-Me-Down Magic Ara has always known the

Ara has always known the legend of the Loresmith: the blacksmith who served alongside the kings and queens of Saetlund

and find the right combination of talents to steal the show

shut off from the rest of the world

the recently orphaned teenager inherits the family mansion—and its contents

battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids

The Welcome Chair series-Hand-Me-Down Magic Ara has always known theBased in part on a 100 year old family journal, Rosemary Wells brings to life a story that the diarys fragile pages tell. Its the story of a wooden rocking chair handmade in about 1825 by her great great grandfather, an immigrant Jewish boy who made his way to America from Germany in the early 1800s. In 1807, Sam Siegbert is born in southern Germany. Sams favorite pastime is carpentry, much to his fathers displeasure. His mother says he has a gift