Rosa and Crystal

Unicorn Academy: Where Magic Happens #7

by Julie Sykes, Lucy Truman (Illustrator)

Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures together! That’s what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on beautiful Unicorn Island.

Rosa is over the moon to be starting school at Unicorn Academy. She can’t wait to go on a big adventure with her amazing unicorn, Crystal.

When the magical map stops working, Rosa is sure a secret trip to the glittering cavern holds the answer. But to find out, she and Crystal must learn how to work as a team – fast!

Genres: Childrens, Chapter Books, Unicorns

112 pages, Paperback

First published February 7, 2019

About the author

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Welcome to my website. Come on in and have a look around. You can find out about my books and also about me.

Name:
Julie Sykes

Birthday:
My birthday month is August

Place of birth:
Kingston upon Thames

Places I’ve lived:
My family moved to Australia just after I was born but returned to England in time for me to start school. I was educated in Surrey and lived there until I got married. I now live in the south of England with my husband and our three children. We used to live on a fish farm, which we shared with 300,000 rainbow trout. We share our current home with a few goldfish and a white wolf cunningly disguised as a dog.

Jobs:
I’ve worked in a kennels, shops, pubs and on a mushroom farm. My first full-time job was as a laboratory technician and after that a teacher. I’m now a full time writer.

First book published:
There were two - This and That and I Don’t Want To Go To Bed!

Favourite Things:
Family, friends, Spring (the season not the bouncy sort although bouncing is good, too), cappuccino, Danish pastries, Cornwall, the sea, books, animals, chocolate.

Worst Things:
Litter, vandals, cleaning the house, having NOTHING to read.

Hobbies:
Reading, walking, cooking, hanging out in cafés.

Reviews

[Kate]

read with wynne <33

I particularly enjoyed that the students of unicorn academy get a strand of hair that matches the mane of their unicorn when they officially bond

[Eve L-A Witherington · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new year and a new group of friends start the academy. We meet Rosa who wants their dorm to bond but Freya loves to be off doing her own thing as she loves engineering.



However as the model of the academy is stolen from the map, the girls travel to find it but will they become friends?



All about friendship and unicorn magic this is a short but adventurous book which will keep you wanting to read more!

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars according to my 5yo

I think this is a great addition to this series. Rosa isn’t always the most sympathetic of characters, which is a nice change from the other title characters we’ve seen.

[Cute Rabbit · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked reading this book again .I was really happy for Rosa and her unicorn crystal to bond and o finally finished another book in this series.I was happy when the girls finally also worked together to receive the missing model of unicorn accademy so the magic map can work .I really am thankful for my public library for allowing me to continue my journey in reading.Thank you a lot.

[Adam Foster · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new year at Unicorn Academy, my 3yo wanted to rate this 1 millions stars. Probably her favourite of the series so far. Although Rosa is probably my least favourite of the 7 characters we’ve met thus far 😂

[Delaney]

I want to read it

[Erika Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just started reading this books and I find it good tho I think it’s the old school unicorn which kind of makes me go meh, but other wise it’s a good book.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

My daughter's review: "It was super good!"

[Kristin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our 9 year old gave it five stars, because it was "fun to listen to, and it's interesting". Plus she loves unicorns and likes stories about making friends.

[Cookies · Rating 5 out of 5]

cute story, I really appreciate how they showed it's okay to admit when you're wrong and it's important to know when to rely on others

[Christine Linn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read with my 9yo who gives it 5 stars for the plot and the lesson in teamwork. I really enjoyed this one too, for a change in the format, best one yet.

[Thalia S. A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was a bit disappointed when I realized that the story was focusing on new characters in the story, seeing as I prefer the old ones. But this is actually a good book. It is full of adventure (though I wish it could be a bit more daring) and friendship.

I like the snow twisters too- they sound cool, although I don't understand how they are 'made of a special magic, and are very warm'.

The problem is that it is very, very easy to guess what powers each unicorn has. They have powers according to their name. For example, in the Unicorn Academy book, Scarlett and Blaze, I already guessed that Blaze would get fire magic. How? Because her name is Blaze- and blaze means fire. It was the same for a couple of the other series: Snowflake got freezing magic, because snowflakes are made of snow. And Rainbow got light magic, and rainbows are made of light.

But I like the character Rosa because she likes to be the leader, and it is interesting to see how she interacts with the others. Crystal is nice too, but sometimes it seems that Rosa bosses her about a little.

Overall, amazing book.

[Joud Algorain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book because it is one of my favorite books.

The best part is when Crystal finds her magic so that she can save Unicorn Academy with Rosa.