Violet and Twinkle

Unicorn Academy: Where Magic Happens #11

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.

Violet and Twinkle adore Unicorn Academy. They are determined to look after the school and beautiful Unicorn Island – if only Twinkle could discover her power!

An adventure across a frozen lagoon leads Violet, Twinkle and their friends into terrible danger. As day turns to a frosty night, can Twinkle discover her magic in time to lead a daring rescue?

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Chapter Books

112 pages, Paperback

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

[Natalie all_books_great_and_small · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow what an amazing read, full of descriptive language which brings the story to life, likeable and relateable characters and a magical adventure featuring unicorns.
We loved this book and really cant wait to get more of this series to read.

[Pi · Rating 3 out of 5]

WIOLETA I MIGOTKA, to moje drugie spotkanie z AKADEMIĄ JEDNOROŻCÓW. Polubiłam ten pomysł, sympatycznych bohaterów i świat, w którym chyba każda dziewczynka chciałaby się choć na chwilę znaleźć.
Julie Sykes pisze prostym językiem, można nawet stwierdzić, że nieco naiwnym i zbyt dosłownym, ale w przypadku pozycji skierowanej do małej dziewczynki, która sama będzie czytać książeczki z serii AKADEMIA JEDNOROŻCÓW - to nie jest zarzut.
WIOLETA I MIGOTKA, to przyjaciółki na dobre i na złe, ale nie stworzyły jeszcze wyczekiwanej więzi. Jednorożec i jego właścicielka (a może raczej partnerka w przygodzie zwanej życiem) muszą do końca szkoły stworzyć ów więź. Nasi bohaterowie zmagają się z niebezpieczeństwami i własnymi słabościami - by na końcu z uśmiechem i wzruszeniem spojrzeć sobie w oczy.
Miłe są także ilustracje Lucy Truman. Uważam, że bardzo pobudzają wyobraźnię młodej panienki. Książeczki te wyglądają śliczne i nie są drogie. Cała seria jest już naprawdę pokaźna i będzie idealna do samodzielnego czytania.

razem pokonamy każdy zimę
6/10
tom 11
AKADEMIA JEDNOROŻCÓW
Wydawnictwo Wilga

[Holly Stone · Rating 3 out of 5]

What if your best friend was a Unicorn? Violet loves being at Unicorn Academy. Between all her classes and adventures with friends, the past school year has been so much fun!! BUT Violet still hasn't bonded with her unicorn, Twinkle. And lately he seems really distracted. Can Violet find out what's bothering Twinkle, and discover his magic in time for graduation??? This is a cute quick read #11 in the Unicorn Academy series by a new for me (againLol) author Julie Sykes Kids of all ages will enjoy the thrill and fun of magical unicorns

[Thalia S. A. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn't find this as interesting as the other Unicorn Academy books.
I did like the part where Twinkle got starlight magic (though I don't understand how starlight works as a shield) and the baddie is revealed.
The bad guy was hard to guess who she was! Unlike the first set of books- which I guessed the bad person straight away.

[Joud Algorain · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

The best part is when Twinkle had shield magic so he could save Violet from an evil teacher.

[Cute Rabbit · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was interesting I liked reading about violet and twinkles journey for them to bond and I really want to read the next book so I can find out if they are able to catch the evil Ms Willow

[Kristin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our 9 year old rates it 5 out of 5 stars.

[Christine Linn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this with my 9yo and she gives it 5 stars for the resolution of one of the series' mysteries, for the theme of teamwork, and the cool magic.

[Lilyfae · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a lovely addition to the Unicorn Academy books that is great for those children who love unicorns and ponies and magic. This book explores part of an overarching story of a cloaked figure trying to destroy the Academy this book brings things to a head and (spoilers) a person is revealed!

Alongside this thrilling development it is filled with good lessons on friendship alongside frosty peril and courage this is a great book for those moving into early chapter.

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars according to my 6yo

[Alyssa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Couldn't guess twinkles magic. I also enjoyed the climatic ending.

[Jada Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a little chilling but super good bonding book series😍