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Secret Princesses
The Magic Necklace
A gorgeous new series about magical princesses and best friends. Book one is a special long adventure for even more magical fun! Best friends Charlotte and Mia can't bear it when Charlotte's family moves far away. But when they're given magic necklaces, they begin an amazing adventure together - and they can see each other whenever they like! When their magic necklaces whisk them to Wishing Star Palace, Charlotte and Mia meet the Secret Princesses, magical princesses who make wishes come true for girls just like them. Best of all, Charlotte and Mia have what it takes to become Secret Princesses themselves! But when the girls go to grant their first wish they're in for a nasty surprise - horrid Princess Poison is determined to stop the wish from coming true...Can Charlotte and Mia grant Olivia's wish and save Wishing Star Palace? Plus...* Special campaign with Monsoon Children's - win the same princess outfits as Charlotte and Mia for you and your best friend! * Collect the tokens for a exclusive Best Friends necklace designed by Monsoon!
208 pages, Paperback
Published June 30, 2016
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November 24, 2016
The Magic Necklace is the first title in a new series about best friends, and next door neighbours, Charlotte Williams and Mia Thompson. The girls are inseparable and then Charlotte’s mum announces that she has taken a job in America and the family will be moving! However, help comes in the surprising form of their old babysitter, Alice, who, in very modern fashion has found fame through a TV talent show and become a pop star. She gives the girls two pendants to wear and assures them that wishes do come true…
These pendants take the two girls to the Wishing Star Palace where Secret Princesses come to meet in an enchanted land. The girls find that they are potential Friendship Princesses and they have to work together to grant wishes and bring happiness. Happily deciding to become Trainee Princesses leads the girls into an adventure with, of course, in true Fairy Tale fashion, a baddie – the wicked Princess Poison and, hopefully, a Happy Ever After. My nine year old daughter loved this story and is looking forward to reading on in the series. A fun, feel good story, with a good mix of the real world and the fantasy.
These pendants take the two girls to the Wishing Star Palace where Secret Princesses come to meet in an enchanted land. The girls find that they are potential Friendship Princesses and they have to work together to grant wishes and bring happiness. Happily deciding to become Trainee Princesses leads the girls into an adventure with, of course, in true Fairy Tale fashion, a baddie – the wicked Princess Poison and, hopefully, a Happy Ever After. My nine year old daughter loved this story and is looking forward to reading on in the series. A fun, feel good story, with a good mix of the real world and the fantasy.
July 29, 2018
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Den magiske halskæde (Hemmelige Prinsesser #1) af Rosie Banks er en bog, som jeg har glædet mig til at læse. Jeg har læst (og er stadig i gang med) Det Hemmelige Rige-serien, som også er rigtig god til samme målgruppe som Hemmelige Prinsesser. Men det er lige før, at jeg sagtens kan indrømme, at Hemmelige Prinsesser har stjålet mit hjerte lidt mere end Rosie Banks anden serie.
Starten på serien handler om Charlotte og Mia – to bedste veninder – der desværre skal adskilles grundet, at Charlottes familie flytter til Californien. Det er langt væk fra hendes bedste veninde og savnet er stort. Da de holder en afslutningsmiddag inden afrejse, så får Charlotte og Mia en gave af deres barnepige – en venindehalskæde. Hverdagen begynder og det er svært at vende sig til alt det nye, særligt for Charlotte. En dag sidder hun på sit værelse og er ked af, imens hun kigger på halskæden og pludselig sker der noget særligt. Charlotte møder Mia i et andet, mystisk og magisk univers – og derfra begynder eventyret for alvor.
Den magiske halskæde (Hemmelige Prinsesser #1) er en rigtig fin historie for målgruppen (piger mellem 9-12 år), som er skrevet i et godt sprog og som handler om: veninder, forskellen mellem godt og ondt, magi, prinsesser og at lade kærligheden vinde. Jeg er helt sikker på, at det bliver en god serie at læse videre i. Jeg glæder mig til at se Charlotte og Mia finde magien. Mon ikke at der venter dem en masse gode oplevelser?
Jeg er nysgerrig efter mere og glæder mig til at læse videre i serien.
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Tak til Flachs for anmeldereksemplaret!
Den magiske halskæde (Hemmelige Prinsesser #1) af Rosie Banks er en bog, som jeg har glædet mig til at læse. Jeg har læst (og er stadig i gang med) Det Hemmelige Rige-serien, som også er rigtig god til samme målgruppe som Hemmelige Prinsesser. Men det er lige før, at jeg sagtens kan indrømme, at Hemmelige Prinsesser har stjålet mit hjerte lidt mere end Rosie Banks anden serie.
Starten på serien handler om Charlotte og Mia – to bedste veninder – der desværre skal adskilles grundet, at Charlottes familie flytter til Californien. Det er langt væk fra hendes bedste veninde og savnet er stort. Da de holder en afslutningsmiddag inden afrejse, så får Charlotte og Mia en gave af deres barnepige – en venindehalskæde. Hverdagen begynder og det er svært at vende sig til alt det nye, særligt for Charlotte. En dag sidder hun på sit værelse og er ked af, imens hun kigger på halskæden og pludselig sker der noget særligt. Charlotte møder Mia i et andet, mystisk og magisk univers – og derfra begynder eventyret for alvor.
Den magiske halskæde (Hemmelige Prinsesser #1) er en rigtig fin historie for målgruppen (piger mellem 9-12 år), som er skrevet i et godt sprog og som handler om: veninder, forskellen mellem godt og ondt, magi, prinsesser og at lade kærligheden vinde. Jeg er helt sikker på, at det bliver en god serie at læse videre i. Jeg glæder mig til at se Charlotte og Mia finde magien. Mon ikke at der venter dem en masse gode oplevelser?
Jeg er nysgerrig efter mere og glæder mig til at læse videre i serien.
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June 13, 2018
Charlotte and Mia are best friends but set to be separated by Charlotte's family moving to America!
As they face their unhappy lives apart, the girls discover thanks to their friend and former babysitter now pop star, Alice whom gives them magic necklaces.
The girls go on a magical adventure every time they feel lonely being apart and discover a world full of love and hate so strong it could break the princesses palace of it carries on!
In this book they help Olivia as she faces having rubbish party and being the new girl, doubts anyone will show up.
A magical world parallel to our own normal one provides the girls a chance to keep their friendship as strong as it is while no time moves on. The girls set to train up as full princesses over the books to come as they need to obtain jewels to provide them with their finished princess jewellery. They are short but fun reads for young children and any little girl would like to be a princess at some time!
As they face their unhappy lives apart, the girls discover thanks to their friend and former babysitter now pop star, Alice whom gives them magic necklaces.
The girls go on a magical adventure every time they feel lonely being apart and discover a world full of love and hate so strong it could break the princesses palace of it carries on!
In this book they help Olivia as she faces having rubbish party and being the new girl, doubts anyone will show up.
A magical world parallel to our own normal one provides the girls a chance to keep their friendship as strong as it is while no time moves on. The girls set to train up as full princesses over the books to come as they need to obtain jewels to provide them with their finished princess jewellery. They are short but fun reads for young children and any little girl would like to be a princess at some time!
July 16, 2021
Foi o segundo livro que que eu mais prestei atenção e que gostei!
November 29, 2021
Um livro muito muito fofinho. Li-o para as minhas irmãs antes de elas irem dormir e ADORARAM!
Estou ansiosa para lhes ler o resto da coleção 😊
Estou ansiosa para lhes ler o resto da coleção 😊
November 30, 2024
I love reading my childhood favourites again they’re just soo interesting and I found this book really good so I am going to continue reading this series!I am soo excited to read the next book!
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July 10, 2025
Este livro foi super giro! Percebi que a Charlotte e a Mia são mesmo as melhores amigas
April 28, 2017
My seven year old daughter has never been interested in the Rainbow Fairy series, despite a few attempts. This provided another opportunity to engage her in to literature and it's been successful. It was helpful that she could relate to the characters, they are created to appeal to the most generic nature of young girls, which is smart writing.
She is able to read it herself, with a minimal amount of guidance and support (a few words don't sound out e.g. "imagination") and the frequent pictures are well drawn and back up the world created in the reader's mind. There are enough pictures to break up the text, which can be intimidating for some younger readers. Again, another example of the well thought approach to this series.
Although she has not quite finished the book, she is already eagerly awaiting the opportunity to read the next books. That's a success story, right there.
She is able to read it herself, with a minimal amount of guidance and support (a few words don't sound out e.g. "imagination") and the frequent pictures are well drawn and back up the world created in the reader's mind. There are enough pictures to break up the text, which can be intimidating for some younger readers. Again, another example of the well thought approach to this series.
Although she has not quite finished the book, she is already eagerly awaiting the opportunity to read the next books. That's a success story, right there.
October 10, 2016
I give this book five stars because Charlotte and Mia saved the day for Olivia's birthday party. And they loved a pop star called Alice De Silver who is a secret princess, she has a gymnastic necklace on her neck. She has to have it all of the time because its her secret princess necklace.
Charlotte and Mia can get a half of a love heart each only if they save the day in all their adventures. They are one step ahead because they saved the day in this, the first, book.
I have to get a Dolphin Adventure next and I am happy and excited.
Charlotte and Mia can get a half of a love heart each only if they save the day in all their adventures. They are one step ahead because they saved the day in this, the first, book.
I have to get a Dolphin Adventure next and I am happy and excited.
June 11, 2018
I thought this book was exciting and shocking with surprises and what I liked the most are the beautifully drawn pictures. I suggest that it could have been a bit longer.
October 19, 2019
I really enjoyed how Mia and Charlotte go on such cool adventures 😃
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