Kate Saunders
Hardcover | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 3.96 | 436 Users | 68 Reviews
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| Title | : | Magicalamity |
| Author | : | Kate Saunders |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | December 11th 2012 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers (first published February 1st 2011) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Adventure. Magic. Paranormal. Fairies. Humor. Dragons |
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This was loads of fun! Tom wakes up to find out he needs to go on the run with a lady he's never seen or heard of before. His Mom has been hidden by the lady, Lorna, who turns out to be one of Tom's three fairy godmothers and his dad is hiding among a bunch of bats (no, don't ask me to explain, go read the book. It's complicated!) Why has their lives been turned upside down? His Dad is being sought on murder charges and the fairy realm doesn't approve of mixed marriages to humans or to demisprites such as Tom. En route to finding his Dad, and freeing him from the murder charge, Tom makes a good friend of someone who is supposed to be his enemy, another boy named Pindar. Well, another boy fairy. This got quite zany and complicated and was hilarious in many places (Lorna's dog is adorable) and was just the sort of escape I wanted for right now! This was an original take on the traditional fairy motifs and really fun!List Books Concering Magicalamity
| ISBN: | 0375989684 (ISBN13: 9780375989681) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Carnegie Medal Nominee (2012) |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 436 Users | 68 ReviewsAppraise Regarding Books Magicalamity
The book was good, especially in the beginning, but I feel it could easily be stretched out into maybe 1 1/2 its size, because the ending was kind of abrupt, with absolutely no fillers.Tom wakes up one morning to discover his father and mother have gone into hiding and that he has a fairy godmother. Actually, make that three fairy godmothers. Oh, and his father is a fairy. No big deal, except for the teensy tiny fact that his father is now being hunted for fairy crimes: murder, marrying a human, and fathering a demisprite. Tom had no clue about his father's magical abilities, but according to his godmother Lorna, he's in danger from those fairies who have it out for his dad.
A unique take on the world of fairies and fairytale creatures that exist alongside our own. Tom is a very likeable character--an everyday boy who find out his parents and his world are not as he thought they were. He find friends and foes (sometimes struggling to determine which is which) and shows a great deal of bravery and loyalty. There are laughs, twists, plenty of adventure and happy endings to satisfy readers. Kate Saunders is an expert at creating appealing fantasy settings and immersing
Tom had no idea at all that he was a demisprite until he wakes up and finds that his father, Jonas, has been arrested by the fairies for the murder of Milly Falconer and taken back into the Realm. Tom's mother is being hidden in a jar of tomatoes, and one of Tom's fairy godmothers, Lorna, has come to take care of him. Lorna is bound and determined to help Tom get his father free, but she has to call his other two godmothers, Iris (who has been hypnotizing the girls in the school she runs to
Isn't it really great when you know nothing about a book and then read it, only to realise it's one of the best books you've ever read?I read this a few years ago, but the sign that I feel I'm fit to review it now is a testament to the brilliant writing. This book is just so... memorable. I'm always willing to give extra credit to anything that tries anything new, and Magicalamity has a premise that would sound really stupid when you first hear it. But Saunders is an extremely talented writer,
I was disappointed to find this much more scattered and less substantial than Beswitched, which was also light and fun but a tighter story. This one had lots of fun bits and pieces but the overall plot felt slapdash, and I never got invested in the characters. For those who like their fantasy silly.
such a fun book, but why does the author have to live in London... this would have been a great SSYRA book!
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