Classroom Chaos

Magic Kitten #2

by Sue Bentley, Sue Bentley

When Abi walks into her dorm room on her first day at a new boarding school, she is immediately picked to be the school bully’s target for the year. Lucky for her, Flame has just transported himself to the human world and they become fast friends. Flame uses his magic spells to take on the school bully and help Abi make new friends along the way!

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Animals, Magic, Fiction, Chapter Books, Cats

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 22, 2008

About the author

Sue was born in Northampton where she still lives. For many years she worked for Northamptonshire libraries and remains a passionate supporter of Public Libraries. Sue loves everything about books, the feel of them, their smell. the way they look. And has a habit of matching a bookmark to the cover of each book she's reading. The process of reading, the feel of the book, carrying it around in her shoulder bag, sitting in favourite cafes reading all make for a complete sensory experience.
Browsing bookshops old and new, talking all things bookish with other book lovers, spending time with other writers and meeting with fans of her own books at author events are her favourite things. That and eating good quality dark chocolate, while writing.

Reviews

[Joana Araújo]

omg preciso de voltar a ler isto 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[Rylan Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was sweet about a girl in the dorms who finds a black and white kitten of course when she figures out he's a lion well everything changes things start to get out of control flam could use his powers and help her through school.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Harmless" is almost too mild a word for this, but it's appeal to elementary-aged readers is easy to see.

[Bailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked that magic kitten used his powers to turn to a lion

[Jasilyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it! It's a really great story and it's really interesting!

[Kaethe · Rating 2 out of 5]

I totally understand why the daughter liked this so much. There's a strong resemblance to the Daisy Meadows fairy books, which I don't much like either.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book Abi just at school started a new grade. She made a friend called Sasha,and an enemy called Keera. The thing that made it hard was Keera had friends, they are called Marsha and and Tiwa. At the market place Keera steeled candy. Not long after Mrs. York their teacher wanted to figure out. So after a little bit Keera put the candy under Abi’s bed. The next morning Abi got in trouble. Now Abi is very mad at Keera. Keera wasn’t grounded and she was. Abi decided to put a joke on Keera. Luckily she found a kitten named Flame, he has magic in is body, and he cannot be seen. So to get help Flame does the plan while being invisible. This is how far l can go. Want more information? Read the book!!!

[Bekka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another fun one in the series. Again, this is not necessarily something parents will enjoy - the plot was pretty simplistic and the characters are fairly stereotypical. However, girls would love this, particularly reluctant readers. The story once again is contained enough that you don't need to have read the first one to enjoy it, and resolves nicely so you don't need to continue with the series if you don't want to. These have been quite popular at our library, and I can see why. Although I won't continue with the series, I'm glad I read these first two installments to get a grasp on what these books are so that I can now recommend them to our younger readers.

[Roo · Rating 1 out of 5]

As a mother I don't like these magic kitten and magic puppy books. Every single one of them has a mean kid and the kid is a total jerk, but instead of dealing with the mean kid appropriately (ex. telling an adult), the magic kitten or puppy does magic that makes the mean kid do something he/she doesn't want to do. It feels like the bully is being bullied which I don't think is the proper way to teach young children to deal with bullies. Unfortunately E likes these books.

[Ana julia🤍🪄 Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's really good to read kids books every once in a while. They're so cute, predictable and light-hearted and just make me really ":))" during the entire thing. I mean, not all of them, but this one for sure! Definetly recommend for kids and anyone who just wants something cute that you can read entirely in less than 40mins haha

[♡Alex♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it ^^

[Alysha DeShaé · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't realize that the same Lion Prince would be the kitten in more than one book. It's nice to have continuity, but I'm also enjoying the difference in human characters.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was really good to read but it had a few mistakes.

[Daughter of Paper and Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

BOOK FAIR BOOKS WHERE THE GOAT.

[Hayley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this to my daughter. She liked it, which is the main thing. Me not so much 🙈

[Lilianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best chapter books I've read-- I like the Magic Kitten series!

[Tasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book with my daughter, and she loved it!! We can't wait to read more of them.

[Catarul Fermecat · Rating 3 out of 5]

not too good, not too bad. pretty mild but its understandable since its for kids. really liked it as a child

[Sue Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book
About the friendship between a couple of girls and a secret kitty , lots of inspiration shared and
Definitely worth the read

[Shabooyah · Rating 4 out of 5]

i am so happy that abi and keera become friends at the end of te book but i wish the ending wasnt so sudden :( i feel like everytime uncle ebony's spies get close, theres no sort of bye-bye

[Meghan Bohn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Much more focus on human character than kitten, shades of Lion King, 'real world' animal danger (kitten in tree and boys ready to throw stones at it); definite continuation of plot from first book; bullying issues not handled in ideal way

[Katt Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somewhat misnamed, Flame is hiding again in kitten form, this time at a boarding school. While the classrooms actually stayed fairly calm, there was plenty of magic on the basketball court as his new caretaker Abi spends her time getting even with the bullies and making new friends (with the bullies. Go figure).

As always Flame does some great big magic tricks. He's invisible except when he forgets which usually leads to all the kitten-torturers coming out. OK, I'm being a bit harsh perhaps but the formula is grating on me a bit. As usual he hides for awhile (in this case month which makes me wonder when he's going to grow up) and then disappears, about the time his human counterpart has found friendship / meaning / purpose. I find it interesting that he's a different kitten each time.

Recommended for kids who love cats and magic that are a shade past beginning reader and ready for something with a bit more meat on it.

[Rebecca Cecil · Rating 5 out of 5]

These short series of books have been a delight. Abi is a new girl at the boarding. She shares a room with Sasha they become good friends. But not everyone likes Abi a gurl name Keera is upset right away because Abi has HER ROOM well the room she used to have. On day when Abi looks in the storage room she sge a glowing white blanket but as sge gets closer sge sees it is nit a blanket at all but a white lion. Then a bright light gets really bright and Abi hears a crackle when she can see again from that bright light instead of a lion there is a luttle tuxedo kitten. The cat introduces himself as Prince Flame. And now the magic begans.

[Natverse · Rating 4 out of 5]

If Sasha and her birthmark are Harry Potter and Abi is Ron, but much more athletic and likeable, and the village is Hogsmeade (outside the private school), I think it is safe to say this is an all girls ode to Harry Potter if Ron were the MC. Abi even loves sherbet lemon...

That would make Keera the Draco of the school and her two goonies are Tiwa and Marsha. I think that means Prince Flame is Hermione—the real hero that actually uses proper magic.

It was all a little strange but parallel and felt like I was reading a very safe version of HP. I am still feeling confused, as though I stumbled across some strange fanfiction that no one has acknowledged. "Are you seeing this?"

[Cathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main character's refusal to cheat and her wrestling with whether and when it's appropriate to tattle-tale make this a good book to discuss with your child about these topics. However, the main character also makes a promise to a stranger and breaks school rules - dangerous for any child to emulate in real life. My eight-year old received this book as a reward from the public library for finishing her summer reading. There seems to be some discrepancy about the kitten having powerful magical abilities and being vulnerable, needing protection from an ordinary child. I am raising my original rating a star because my eight-year-old loved it so much.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Note as of 08/28/21

I read a lot of the books in this series as a child and I loved them! I'd say good books for third - fifth graders depending on reading level.

(having gotten a Goodreads account as a child, I added a lot of the books I read back then to my list - I have ultimately decided to keep them on my shelves because I like seeing my reading history)

[Jeff]

I have this book because I worked for a local bookstore at ComiCon one year. I bet a publisher that I could sell at least one Magic Kitten book before the end of the Con. Which I did. Then she autographed this one and gave it to me. :-)

[Jaime · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 5 year old daughter and me read these books together and she loves them! These our her new favorite chapter books and she can't wait to read the next one! It's magical, funny, and sincere all at the same time!

[Jacqueline · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just really like it because it is cute and cool because it can change so other people cant see it.

[Meredith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute, quick reading book.