Molly Moon y el increíble libro del hipnotismo

Molly Moon #1

by Georgia Byng

Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary orphanage in a small English town, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way to stardom in New York City.

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Middle Grade, Fiction, Young Adult, Adventure, Mystery

354 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Lady Georgia Mary Caroline Byng, (b. 1965), is a British author of children's books and a former actress. Her first writing was for a comic strip, and her first published book was The Sock Monsters. Byng's best known work is Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism and its sequels, about a girl who finds a book about hypnotism and learns how to hypnotize people. Georgia's first published item was a comic strip for kids from the age of five to seven.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book so much.

[Polina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism is really the first book that wowed me. It was a mix of everything I adored. It had the elements of a fantasy, but yet when it was so unreal at times, at others it was just simply about this average potato-nosed, green eyed, skinny, akward looking girl named Molly. By displaying how average Molly was, it made the elements of fantasy in the story seem more believable. I think that a good story balances out the unreal parts of it by adding some regular traits to the characters to make them seem more realistic. This girl grows up in such an unfortunate way and then this sudden shock of happiness makes one hopeful about the future. I found the story amazing, and enjoyed how the author gave importance to even the smallest things and details. This book is one you'll see on the shelf and want to read again, simply because it's familiar and you enjoyed it. This is the kind of book that there needs to be more of because it's an enjoyable story with elements of different genres. I now try to look for books like this one. This was my first real amazing read. This book will set the standards for what makes an amazing book when you go to choose a new book to read. I could really relate to this book, therefore making me enjoy it more. I can't wait for the newest Molly Moon to come out.

[Lacee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lacee Jarnagin
English-3

My review is over the book "Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism" by Georgia Byng. This book shares a story of a misunderstood, awkward orphan child, who discovers she possesses amazing "powers" and creates an incredible life for herself using a book of hypnotism.
This book is about an orphan young named Molly Moon hates living in Hardwick House. Every day she is 'bullied' by Miss Adderstone, the owner of the orphanage, who makes Molly's life miserable. Her best and only friend Rocky has just been adopted and is moving to New York City and she finds her life near unbearable. But one day, when Molly stumbles upon a mysterious old book on hypnotism, her world is suddenly turned upside down. She discovers that with this book, she has the amazing power to make people do things. There's nothing Molly believes she can't do now, and starts her works on becoming a New York City Broadway superstar. What Molly doesn't know, is that a stranger is following her with different plans of his own.
This book to me is more than just a funny story about an orphan who learns how to hypnotize people. It turns into a moral children's story about exploitation, character, and learning to care for people. Molly is one of those characters you hope never gets hurt, and you hope she gets her revenge because she is constantly being picked on by her peers in the orphanage. I found myself very connected to the characters, but felt like the plot was rushed into and too unbelievable, even coming from a book about a little girl mastering hypnotism.
In conclusion, I can say "Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism" is one of the only books that had kept my attention long enough to finish it. I enjoyed it a lot and I recommend everyone to read it. While reading this book, you could learn a few important life lessons that will surely come in handy.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really cannot express how much I love this book. I first read it when I was nine and now eight years later I am still enchanted by it. I also cannot remember just how many times I've read it, but each time I finish it I fall in love with it even more. And, each time I start it I attempt to savour every sentence, only to be drawn into it completely and have a marathon reading session for the last quarter of the book.

Molly breathed in the fresh cold night air and grinned at the still, sleeping countryside. Tonight, life was almost too exciting. What had she thought when she'd first found the hypnotism book? That the possibilities were endless? Tonight Molly felt that was certainly true about her life. From the top of her head to the tips of her toes. Life felt completely magical. And once again, Molly thought how happy she was to be ordinary, plain old Molly Moon. Ahead, the road shone like a silver ribbon in the moonlight, all the way home to Happiness House.

The book follows the story of Molly Moon, an orphan abandoned at birth, as she finds a book that will literally change her life. However, she soon finds out that her new life is not all it's cracked up to be. She realises that she would rather be back in the horrible, grimy old orphanage as long as she can have her best friend Rocky back.

Although the novel is mainly from Molly's point of view, there are occasional passages from other point of views, including that of Petula the Pug. Byng uses the technique as a way to inform the audience of situations and feelings that Molly herself is not aware of. I love this element and I feel that it enhances the book, without detracting from Molly's story.

The chapters are relatively short, especially towards the end, which helps with the flow of the book. The story is also quite fast-paced, with no boring bits which is also a plus.

Overall it is an absolutely charming story which teaches audiences that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Absolutely superb!

[Judith Vives · Rating 4 out of 5]

PFFFFF simplemente regreso a la infancia

tiene momentos increíbles y ha sido muy guay ir re-descubriendo la trama según lo iba leyendo. pero al final, es un libro infantil y obviamente no tiene unos personajes Bien Construidos ni una trama que tenga mucho sentido.

creo que me descargaré el resto de la saga y los tendré en el kindle como botiquín de emergencia si me apetece leer algo reconfortante/fácil en algún momento!! cute

[Amashi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable story! Brought back the good old childhood memories when I enjoyed reading Roald Dhal. Looking forward to reading the rest of this series.

[Cris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cuando un libro te mantiene en ascuas de principio a fin, hasta el punto de irte a la cama y quedarte pensando en él, sabes que es algo más que un buen libro.

Ha sido MARAVILLOSO. El argumento, los personajes, la magia, las aventuras...todo. Me he enamorado por completo de Molly y su hipnotismo, y me he sentido muy identificada con algunas cosas de su personalidad. También me he visto totalmente dentro de la historia, pues la narración infantil pero detallada de la autora me ha hecho vivirla desde muy cerca y me he sentido un personaje más, allí, junto con Molly, Rocky, Petula y Nockman.

Nockman. Lo adoro. Es un villano que, a pesar de todo y por una serie de motivos, se hace querer mucho.

Entraría en más detalles pero me siento tan feliz que no me salen más palabras. Es maravilloso encontrar un libro que te enamore así, que seas capaz de vivirlo tan de cerca como si fuese real. Ahora mismo me pondré con el siguiente de la saga (que afortunadamente tengo en mis manos), y trataré de conseguir el tercero lo más pronto posible.

En serio, soy MUY MUY MUY FELIZ <3

[Wezy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Orphan Molly Moon was found as a baby in a box marked 'Moon's Marshmallows'.

For ten miserable years she's lived under the cruel rule of Miss Adderstone in grim Hardwick House. But her life changes overnight when she finds a mysterious book on hypnotism and discovers an amazing talent - the power to make people do anything she want them to.

Escaping from the orphange, Molly flies to New York in search of fame and fortune. But her adventures in hypnotism lead her into the clutches of a dangerous enemy....

[KJ Sutton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this in 4th grade because the book had a shiny cover. Just remembered I read it and needed to file it away so I can continue to remember. It was epic.

[Neide Parafitas · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5🌟

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this because J.B. said it was the best book he's ever read and it's been awhile since I've read a chapter book at his level.
I understand his enjoyment--story of plain, awkward orphan child who discovers she possesses amazing talents and skills and creates an incredible life for herself.
As for my adult critique--the writing wasn't that great, the hypnotism was way over-used. (Mollie is explaining her gift of hypnotism to Rocky while he is hypnotizing her, while she and he have both been hyptonized by the librarian, etc.) It reminded me of that Tom Cruise movie MI 2? where every time you turned around someone (good or bad) pulled off a rubber mask showing that they weren't who you just thought they were. The first time it was cool and surprising. The rest of the time it just became ridiculous.
Also, while unrealistic on so many levels, the idea that a 10 year old girl lives in New York City eating ketchup sandwiches and candy, comes back to her orphanage in England and lectures the other children about the need for good, healthy food and a well-balanced diet. She becomes the moral superior of all of the adults.
I find British stories about orphans who are mistreated by wicked adults to be so hackneyed.

[Tannis · Rating 5 out of 5]

THERE'S GONNA BE A MOVIE!

Molly Moon is an eleven year old British orphan who, at first, hates her life but then one day she stumbles upon a big book of hyonotism and discovers that she has a telent for hypnotizing people (the bad thing is that she steals the book). She soon hypnotizes her way to New York and gets a major part in a Broadway musical, all through hypnotism. But there's an evil "professor" of hypnotism who wants to get the book back and also wants to blackmail Molly into staging a crime for him. This is a story that teaches you to be true to yourself and to be happy with what you have.

I loved this book because it has well-made characters, a fantastic storyline, plenty of humour and it sucks you right in. Well it did for ME at least; I read the whole thing in four days. I also zoomed right through all three sequals as well.

Some people say that Molly, as a character, isn't very likeable. Well, in my opinion, ALL the characters--including Molly--are fabulously IRRESISTABLE!

A very charming story that I would recommend to anyone... well, just about anyone. Can't wait for the movie to come out!

[Krista · Rating 2 out of 5]

As another Goodreads reviewer wrote, "I despise reading about bullies. And if I do have to read about them, there better be a good payoff in the end."

The payoff was there but it was way late and a dollar short.

I found none of the characters to be likable enough to inspire my attention and the moral, the lesson, the moment of redemption, remorse and reconfiguring, was not boldly drawn so as to make up for the pages and pages and pages of selfish, irresponsible behavior perpetrated by all of the book's characters.

It was readable. And the story was interesting, if purposefully odd in its Charles Dickens orphan meets A Star is Born. But I, like the reviewer quoted above, would have quit looooong before the end had I not read that there WAS a moral.

I'm glad I kept reading. But this is not one for kids who aren't really paying attention to each word. This is a book that must be finished or the lesson becomes "do whatever you want whenever you want as long as it makes you happy." Not a good lesson, that.

[Dest · Rating 3 out of 5]

I quite enjoyed this. It's a refreshing fantasy-adventure tale in that our young, parent-less heroine isn't trying to save the world from the ultimate evil (aren't you getting a little sick of that worn-out plot?) but instead escaping an awful life and having her every wish fulfilled. Until, of course, she realizes that having your every wish fulfilled is never all it's cracked up to be. True, it's a little cheeseball with the moral, but, like I said, I enjoyed it, and I don't doubt that many kiddos will too.

Side note: I honestly thought for a long time that this was a book about a dog named Molly Moon because there's a dog on the cover, but the dog is actually a pug named Petula who (also refreshingly) is pretty much a normal-acting dog and not a talking one.

Additional side note: There's an ice cream shop in Seattle called Molly Moon's that has a dog in its logo. Coincidence? I don't know, but the ice cream there is bomb.

[~~~Davidna From Angel ~~~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

".Molly Moon, an orphan at Hardwick House Orphanage in Briersville, England, is living a "boring and plain" life with her best friend Rocky Scarlet, another orphan. She is described as being plain looking with a large "potato" nose, wobbly knees and green eyes. She is usually beaten down upon by Ms. Adderstone, the woman in charge of the orphanage, and Hazel, a snobby orphan girl. During a cross-country race at school, Molly and Rocky have a fight and Molly storms away to the town library. As she walks in, she finds a man yelling at the librarian about a book he ordered, but ignores him. While looking in a curious compartment of the restricted section, she finds a book on hypnotism, placed in the wrong section because the "H" was ripped off the spine. Intrigued, she steals it and sneaks out of the library. She takes it to the orphanage to read it.

She fakes being ill so that she can study the book better. Curiously, she finds that chapters 7 and 8 ("Voice-Only Hypnosis" and "Long Distance Hypnosis") are missing. Not long after her discovery of the book, she learns that Rocky has been adopted and taken to America with his new family. Determined to see her friend again, she gains the actual ability to hypnotize from the lessons in her book, first successfully hypnotizing the orphanage dog, Petula. Later on, she is able to hypnotize both Ms. Adderstone and their orphanage chef Edna. Using her ability, Molly wins a large sum of money from a local talent competition, by hypnotizing the crowd into believing that she is a talented singer and dancer. She uses the money to fly to New York City, taking Petula with her. Before leaving, she buys a large gold pendulum, where the mysterious professor from the library learns about her, after he bought some anti-hypnosis glasses.

Soon after arriving, Molly hypnotizes her way onto Broadway, landing the lead in a musical called "Stars on Mars". However, she steals this part from a real child star, named Davina Nuttel, in the process. The show is a roaring success, and catches the attention of a man named Simon Nockman, who has passed himself off as a "professor" of hypnosis, but is truly just a criminal. He theorizes Molly must have obtained the book and learned hypnosis, and formulates a plan. After one performance of "Stars on Mars", Nockman kidnaps Petula, threatening to kill her if Molly does not comply with his orders, and she cannot hypnotize him because he always wears the anti-hypnotic glasses he bought in Briersville. He orders her to use her power of hypnosis to rob some rare jewels from a bank for him.

Having no choice, Molly agrees. All goes as planned with the robbery until she finds Rocky, who much to her surprise has also learned hypnosis. He had previously stolen and learned from the missing chapters of Molly's hypnotism book, "Long Distance Hypnosis" and "Voice-Only Hypnosis". He also reveals that he had intended to take Molly with him when he was adopted, but had not been able to hypnotize his parents. Since then, he left them as they were not much fun. Together, the two pull off the robbery, but later form a plan to return the jewels. Rocky uses his talent to hypnotize Nockman into giving up his life of crime. He then helps Molly return the stolen jewels by placing them in hollow garden gnomes and placing them around the city. However, Molly keeps one diamond, which Petula found in her jacket.

Molly gives her part in "Stars on Mars" back to Davina, and returns home with Rocky. Out of sympathy for the broken man, she takes Nockman with her. Before leaving, they work together to record a commercial, using their hypnotic powers to convince people to be kind to their kids. However, when they return, they find Ms. Adderstone and Edna have disappeared, leaving the orphanage in chaos. With Nockman's help, Molly and Rocky get the orphanage back into a livable condition, and get Ms. Trinklebury, the orphanage maid, to run it along with Nockman. The orphanage is renamed 'Happiness House' and the money that Molly earned in New York is used to buy new things and decorate the orphanage. However, it is implied that Nockman has returned to his old ways as he steals a camera, a lollipop and five pounds from children in the orphanage.

At the end of the book, Molly is mysteriously summoned to the library by the librarian, Lucy Logan. Lucy explains that she is the descendant of Professor Logan, the man who originally wrote the hypnotism book, and is a skilled hypnotist herself. She had purposely hypnotized Molly into finding Professor Logan's hypnotism book and keeping it for a month. Now, Molly must return it.

In an epilogue, it is revealed what happened to Ms. Adderstone and Edna; Ms. Adderstone left to become a pilot, and Edna is now an Italian chef.
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[Alisha B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Molly’s is an average child’s fantasy. “Oh, how I wish I could get back at Mom for making me eat lima beans. She knows I hate them, that’s why she gives it to me!” The idea of being able to get revenge for being served vegetables they hate and being force-marched to bed at 9 o’clock makes Molly Moon a fun and silly read for the 8-12 crowd.

I also made the mistake of reading it by myself. It was actually a restart. Mags and I had started reading it last spring and had to set it aside when we were 1/3 the way through while she went to visit her dad. We never picked it back up, and I figured it’d be a quick book to help me hit my 75-book goal (this one makes number 68, only 7 to go ) I remember we’d laughed and laughed until tears came into our eyes and my throat was hoarse from doing the voices and cackling so much. Without her, however, I only chuckled a couple times and found myself wishing I was sharing it with her. Children lend their magic to some books, a magic we adults seem to have lost.

Clcik for full review: http://thekoolaidmom.wordpress.com/20...

[Iris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am far from being a kid, but I read this kids' book while on vacation because the house we were renting happened to have it. Before I started, I thought it would be a poor rendition in the Harry Potter/magical/fantastical genre, but I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised and quite enjoyed it. It's about a young girl in an orphanage who is typically picked on and made fun of. She finds that she has the power to hypnotize people, and through pluck and ingenuity, embarks on escapades and adventures while doing good. Well-written and unique enough to stand on its own and apart from Harry Potter. I recommend it if you like this type of book.

[Alyce Hunt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hm.
I was talking to one of my best friend's about this series, and how much I loved it when I was younger. I started off really enjoying this reread, but I quickly grew disenchanted with Molly's abuse of her hypnotic powers.
Based on the character development she goes through during this first installment, I think I'm going to enjoy the other books in the series far more. Sadly, at the moment I'm feeling a little disappointed.
Maybe I should stop rereading my favourite children's books, because it never seems to end well...

[keine diese · Rating 2 out of 5]

One of my favourites as a teen but did not age well... :/ lots of fatphobic character descriptions and questionable moral undertones, e.g. robbing diamonds from rich old people is considered morally corrupt and a truly horrible crime, people are nasty because they were bullied as children and never learned to be nice, and of course all the nasty people happen to be fat and ugly. On a positive note, the story emphasises friendship and community over fame and riches, and there are no annoying love stories.

[Book Review Team · Rating 5 out of 5]

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism is about a girl who stumbles upon a hypnotism book. Molly practices and practices but she just has a natural talent so she doesn't have to practice very hard. She has a best friend, Rockey, who gets adopted without telling her! Molly winds up in New York City trying to find him. if you like page-turning mysteries, this is an amazing book and you will find yourself up for hours reading, I know I was. 5 stars -RGM

[Lena · Rating 5 out of 5]

это очень славная и милая книга, которую я намеренно читала очень медленно — по паре глав утром, пока варится кофе. и я очень рада, что когда-то в 2007-м я не купила её в «мире школьника» на станции лось рядом со своей школой. есть ощущение, что «молли мун» нужна была мне именно сейчас.

будет классно, если попкорн выпустит всю серию. а если нет, найду те самые триповые издания на авито....

[Kati Wind · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remember reading this as a child and I really liked it. Bit as an adult now it was just a bit over the top and too unrealistic and the writing wasn‘t as good as I remembered.

[Mariana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay, well I started reading this book thinking it'd be a good read. When Molly started using hypnosis, the book was getting better and better... and then it got boring. I skipped pages, just to finish it fast. And what do I see when I skip a few pages? The kids decide to stop using hypnosis and be fair. I mean, WTF?! You can hypnotize whoever you want, get whatever you want, and you decide to throw it all away! Why can't someone finally write a book about people using their special powers for themselves and only for themselves, and that they're not a villain? I'm sick of all goody-goody characters. I'm giving this book one star for being fun at the beginning and the other one for the good writing.

[Len · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quiero señalar que puntué Daisy Miller con dos estrellas pero a Molly Moon y el increible libro del hipnotismo le planto cinco.

[Amanda · Rating 1 out of 5]

So I wasn't enjoying this book too much to start with. A lot of little problems from outlandish clichéd plot with too many completely unlikely coincidences and plot tricks, to unnecessary grossness and weird unappealing haracters. But the moment I would've tossed it across the room if I'd been reading a paper copy was when the protagonist successfully HYPNOTIZED A COMPUTER. And I'm out.

[Layla · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of my favourite books when I was younger. I read it a few years ago now, so I can't remember why exactly it was that I loved this book...but I suspect it had something to do with the holographic cover.

[April · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a decent read but I didn't like the fact that it took so long for the main character to see the light and she took too much pleasure in making others feel bad and be the butt of jokes - yes, she was getting back at them for doing it to her but she should have been better.

[Mal · Rating 5 out of 5]

I especially liked this book, I read it a few years ago and I absolutely LOVED it, it had everything I loved, plot twists were amazing and I absolutely ADORE Petunia, and I totally loved the hypnotic parts in the story, I'd recommend it!

[sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't remember much about this book except for the fact that i LOVED it.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

fantastic!