Violet Mackerel’s Remarkable Recovery

Developing a theory that small objects like feathers, pebbles and throat lozenges can help people feel better, 7-year-old Violet tests her theory after her tonsillectomy when Dr. Singh gives her a special purple lozenge that seems to conjure remarkable things like ice cream for breakfast, a new friend in the waiting room and a dream that her surgery will transform her voice into that of an opera singer. Simultaneous.