Miss Strega takes Jess to Charm Archipeligo where meets the extraordinary pirate-turned-with Pelagia. The third title in this magical series. Miss Strega decides Jessica has to learn not only how to be charming, but how to DO charming. She takes her on holiday to the Charm Archipeligo and there, on Charm Major, lives her summer school teacher Pelagia. Jessica finds a lucky pebble that helps her with her charm skills. First she unlocks the charm surrounding the boat that only rows in circles; then she creates a charm to ward off spiders from people that hate them. But, when she decides to have a peek into Pelagia’s private box of magic, Jess unleashes the foulest winds in the universe and has to be at her most charming to avoid a severe ticking off from Miss Strega. Further magical adventures for this ten-year-old witch.
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Miss Strega takes Jess to Charm Archipeligo where meets the extraordinary pirate-turned-with Pelagia. The third title in this magical series.
30 b/w illus • Third title about this ten-year-old witch, the first of which was chosen for the W H Smith new talent promotion • A title in the fresh Roaring Good Reads for 7 – 9 year olds • Magic and witches are always popular with younger readers and this will compete well with other series fiction for this age group such as Mr Majeika, Ms Wiz, The Worst Witch and the non-witchy Jeremy Strong books and Horrid Henry. • Irish author, new to UK, is agented by Sophie Hicks – who also represents Eoin Colfer [Artemis Fowl]
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780007133437
Publisert
2003-06-02
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperCollins
Vekt
71 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96

Forfatter
Illustratør

Biographical note

Maeve Friel was born in Northern Ireland and went to university in Dublin. After many years working and travelling in Spain, Italy and England, she now lives in a small village near Alicante (Spain). She has a son and a daughter.