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Almost Magic
Ever since she turned twelve, Apple Bramblewood's life has been plagued by visits from weird creatures from the magical realms.
It seems she is a rare Attractor, a Wizard whose sole talent is solving the clamorous demands of very odd beings, usually in the most unorthodox, haphazard, and klutzy ways. Apple doesn't want to be an Attractor; her most passionate goal is to attend the ordinary high school with ordinary kids where her perfect older sister, Cornelia, is allowed to go. Her parents have no doubts about Cornelia's magical prowess, but Apple seems destined to be home-schooled forever if she can't pass the entrance exam and perfect at least one magical enchantment.
Almost Magic is Apple's first-person account of that magic summer between childhood and adolescence and, in Apple's case, one filled with the most amazing, hilarious, and often dangerous events.
It seems she is a rare Attractor, a Wizard whose sole talent is solving the clamorous demands of very odd beings, usually in the most unorthodox, haphazard, and klutzy ways. Apple doesn't want to be an Attractor; her most passionate goal is to attend the ordinary high school with ordinary kids where her perfect older sister, Cornelia, is allowed to go. Her parents have no doubts about Cornelia's magical prowess, but Apple seems destined to be home-schooled forever if she can't pass the entrance exam and perfect at least one magical enchantment.
Almost Magic is Apple's first-person account of that magic summer between childhood and adolescence and, in Apple's case, one filled with the most amazing, hilarious, and often dangerous events.
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155 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2015
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June 30, 2015
Apple Bramblewood comes from a good, magical family. But, she is having trouble fitting in and learning the spells herself. Her older sister doesn't have any trouble but so far Apple has had to be homeschooled and can't seem to get anything right. Then odd things start happening - she helps locate a necklace, she has dealings with an alien, she finds a dragon's egg, and she starts attracting objects. When she loses her journal and then attracts an evil magician when she tries to get it back, Apple must pull all her resources and friends together to save the world.
At first the book seemed disjointed and just seemed to bounce around to different events and didn't seem to tie together at all. But, in the end everything comes together. This hasn't been my favorite book but overall I liked it.
At first the book seemed disjointed and just seemed to bounce around to different events and didn't seem to tie together at all. But, in the end everything comes together. This hasn't been my favorite book but overall I liked it.
June 22, 2015
This is a funny little book about a little wizard named Apple. She worries that she is a complete disaster as a witch and ends up in some pretty funny situations. This would be a great compare and contrast to some of the other books about kids who are magical, like Harry Potter or Charlie Bone.
November 1, 2016
took a bit to get going, but was very cute once it did. My 8 year old really enjoyed it.
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