Utah author creates magical nesting dolls in new 'Giver'-like fantasy novel

It was while preparing a class on magic systems for the LDStorymakers conference that Utah author Charlie N. Holmberg came up with the idea for her newest book, "The Fifth Doll" (47 North, $14.95, 271 pages).She wanted to give her class a workshop to practice what she taught, so she wandered around her house writing down random objects like salt, thread, utensils, and planned to give each of her students one of these objects to write a magic system about.Then, she came across her set of Russian