Prepare for the unfamiliar When every bit of human magic disappears suddenly from Vastia, it falls on the familiars-Aldwyn the telekinetic cat, Skylar the know-it-all blue jay, and Gilbert the gullible tree frog-to find the Crown of the Snow Leopard, an ancient relic that can reverse the curse. They learn that the only way to do this is by following in the paw prints of Aldwyn's missing father, who went searching for the Crown several years earlier....

Aldwyn, a street-smart alley cat, pretended he had telekinetic powers so young wizard Jack would chose him as a familiar. Aldwyn then learned that he and two other familiars-Skylar the blue jay and Gilbert the tree frog-were destined to undertake a perilous quest to defeat Paksahara, an evil hare who'd been familiar to the queen.   In Circle of Heroes, the third book of The Familiars series for middle-grade readers, Paksahara and her undead animal...