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Night Magic Leigh Ann Henion Algonquin Books, $30. I feel like I’ve been out all night. In my mind, I’ve been walking the mountains and meadows of the Appalachian region after dark.

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And so Henion’s book, which seeks to “break the spell” of fear of the dark, is a revelation, a series of captivating field trips illuminating life in the wild at night.

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He’s just intrigued. He can’t stop thinking about it and he buys it. He ends up in a magic kingdom, and he’s the king. But everything’s a bit broken, nothing works properly, the castle’s all run down, ...