Heidi Heckelbeck and the Secret Admirer

Heidi Heckelbeck #6

by Wanda Coven, Priscilla Burris (Illustrator)

Someone has a crush on Heidi Heckelbeck! Can she figure out who it is—with a little help from her Book of Spells?

The Brewster Science Fair is approaching, and Heidi and Stanley are busy working on their project. But when Heidi finds treats in her cubby and her desk, she realizes that she has a secret admirer! Who can it be? Heidi starts to investigate, and she eventually turns to her Book of Spells for help. Will she discover her admirer’s true identity?
With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, 2nd Grade, Chapter Books, Magic, Juvenile, Middle Grade

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 18, 2012

Reviews

[Bookishrealm · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was really cute. It doesn't completely explore what it means to have a crush, but it does explore what it feels like to possibly have a secret admirer. I thought it was done with such care with the target age audience in mind.

[Charlotte L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought heidi had a secret admirer but she did not! I was surprised because their was no secret admirer!!!!!!@@!!!!

[Elisha Blade · Rating 2 out of 5]

A little disappointed with this book in the series. It left a cliff hanger that doesn’t seem to get answered even in the next book.


I was a little concerned with the story of a “witch” for a younger reader (age 5), but my daughter seems to love the series.


It’s a series about friendship and not judging a book by its cover as well as how to overcome uncomfortableness.

Hoping the rest of the series gives more and keeps my little reader interested.

[Amelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think that Wanda Coven is teaching us something important in getting to know someone before you judge them and decide if you like them or not. Melanie's best friend, Stanley, becomes Heidi's science partner. Heidi isn't happy about that because she thinks he would be mean like Melanie. After she gets to know him a little more, she realizes that Stanley isn't all that bad. I wonder if Stanley was her secret admirer. I think he was because her secret admirer gave her grape lollipops and he was the only person besides Henry who knew that she liked grape lollipops.

[Katt Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heidi has all kinds of complicated things to deal with in this book. First she's paired with Stanley for a project. Second, she has a secret admirer. Heidi, is of course Heidi which means she tries to use magic to resolve her problems. What I love is that magic rarely makes anything easier. If anything, everything is more complicated than ever.

Fun story. I like how things are not spelled out clearly at the end. When the reader can figure it out for themselves, they feel so very clever. I know I did. :D

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book is about that you don't have to find out who your secret admirer is.
I think that because she was so sad when she spilled the ingredients for the spell, but she was happy then ever that she won the science fair that she forgot about the spell.

[M.R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wanda Coven is a unique author. She really pushes her imagination. In the book The secret admirer she includes Stanley Stonewreker as one of the main characters. Heidi has never known that Stanley would be her SECRET ADMIRER

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter loved this book! She couldn't put it down and finished it quickly. I thought it was a pretty cute book about friendship, but I personally wish Heidi would have known the truth by the end of the book.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

my favorite part is when someone hid grape lollipops in heidi's locker

[Jen Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read out loud to my 7 year old daughter. She enjoyed it a lot and this is her favorite series!

[Barbara Hazan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't think this cover actually matches the book 📚. I didn't really like the book because it didn't really make so much sense

[Molly Milosevic]

DNF

[Marya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Again showing a surprising sophistication for such a simple series (alliteration!), the book doesn't spell out who the Secret Admirer is. This makes for great discussion! Also, we got a peek into a more complex social situation- the mean girl's sidekick isn't actually very mean himself. I have yet to find a book at this age level or below that touches on the topic of "guilt by association", so it was nice to be able to talk about here.

[Kaytee · Rating 3 out of 5]

heidi wanted to know who was her secret admirer then ms. welli said there will be a contest and whoever has the magiculist gets a prize i get to pick the partners said ms.welli. heidi had stanly stanly was very smart they decided to make a volcaneo but this mea n girl took there idea then they came up with dancing mothballs. then on the show heidi saw her brother eating the rasins then there aunt gave them some gumballs then they won the contest and the secret admirer was stanly.

[Amy Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

" I knew it! I knew it! I knew that Stanley was the one and if you don't know what I am talking about I will tell you.
Oops, this is a spoiler. He was the secret admirer. Thank you Wanda Coven for writing these books and another big thank you Priscilla Burris for illustrating these great books.

[Shazzer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an upswing for the Heidi Heckelbeck series - a better story and better follow-through. It bodes well for the future of these books.

[Tiffany · Rating 4 out of 5]

E: my favorite part was when she spilled her potion. It was awesome.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

i like the part when Stanley and Heidi do there science project.

[Maiki · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my second chapter book and I loved it so much I read it in ONE day, and I'm SEVEN.

[Littlemasher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I give it five stars because of the recipe for a truth potion.As soon as I saw it I quickly jotted down all the ingredents.Now if only I had a witches of westwick medallion........

[Kylie Arch · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was so cute

[Kelly Carey · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author does not reveal who Heidi's secret admirer is. I guess I will just have to keep reading the series to find out, even though I have some ideas on who it could be.

[April Suter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Second grader Heidi, a secret witch, has a partner to make a really cool science project AND a secret admirer.

[Sweetsweet · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't like it it is boring.