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Tuesdays at the Castle - by Jessica Day George

2/16/2015

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by Piranha T.

Tuesdays at the Castle is about Princess Celie and her siblings, who live together in Castle Glower. Now, Castle Glower is no ordinary castle. It has a mind of its own. It moves the rooms, takes away rooms, and creates new rooms. These changes usually happen on Tuesdays, when the castle is most often bored. And Princess Celie is closer to the castle than anyone. Then, one Tuesday, Celie finds a spiral stair that goes to a tower with windows and spyglasses on each window. Celie peers out of one and sees the royal carriage hurtling down towards the castle gates. Her parents had gone in the carriage to get their oldest brother, Bran, from the College of Wizardry, to become the next Royal Wizard. But it looked like there was something wrong, so Celie got Ralph, her other brother and the heir to the throne (so chosen by the castle). When she had shown him the carriage, the raced to the front door. But no one was in the carriage except one of the Guards. According to him, someone had attacked them, and they assumed King Glower the 79th was no longer alive. Once everyone learns that King Glower is "dead" one thing comes: Disaster!

I like this book because it is very exciting and you don't get bored. I also like the characters and how the castle is alive. I recommend Tuesdays at the Castle to readers.
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The Courage of Cat Campbell by Natasha Lowe

2/16/2015

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by Super Kitty

The greatest wish of Cat, Poppy Pendle's daughter (see the review of The Power of Poppy Pendle, by the same author), is to inherit the gift of Magic from her mother. However, once she passes the normal age for inheriting magic, it looks like she might not have inherited it after all. Which is why everyone is surprised when Cat finds Poppy's old novice wand, and discovers - yay! - that she is a Late Bloomer. But telling her mother is not going to be easy. Poppy had some bad experiences with magic when she was younger, and, as a result, can't stand it. Which means that Cat is going to have to try to break it to her gently. And it probably won't help that one of the meanest witches living just escaped from Scrubbs Prison...

I love this book!

Note: Please check out our author interview with Natasha Lowe which we published in September 2019! 

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