The year is 1906, and 12 year old violent Blake unearths in ancient talisman, a copper hand beside the stream where her mother used to harvest medicine. Violets touch, warms the copper hand, and begins to reveal glimpses of another time. She is certain that the copper hand is magic, and if anyone is in need of his power, it’s violent. Her mother and adorned baby brother are gone, perhaps never to return. And her heartbroken father can’t seem to sustain the failing farm on the outskirts of pigeon harbor, on the shores of Lake Michigan. Surely the magic of the copper hand can make things right for Violet and restore her fractured family. Violet makes a wish. But her ignorant carelessness unleashes, formidable powers, and her attempts to control them jeopardize not only herself, but the entire town of pigeon harbor. In copper magic, land and waters are alive with memories, intentions, and impulses. Magic alters Violet and brings her gifts, but not always the kind she think she needs.

ISBN: 9780765332110