Enchanted Glass
Something is rotten in the village of MelstoneAidan Cain has had the worst week of his life. Creepy, sinister beings want him dead. What's a boy to do? With danger nipping at his heels, Aidan flees to Melstone, a village teeming with magic of its own. There he is taken in by Andrew Hope, the new...
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Something is rotten in the village of MelstoneAidan Cain has had the worst week of his life. Creepy, sinister beings want him dead. What's a boy to do? With danger nipping at his heels, Aidan flees to Melstone, a village teeming with magic of its own. There he is taken in by Andrew Hope, the new master of Melstone House, who has some supernatural troubles too. Someone is stealing power from the area—mingling magics—and chaos is swiftly rising. Are Aidan's and Andrew's magical dilemmas connected somehow? And will they be able to unite their powers and unlock the secrets of Melstone before the countryside comes apart at the seams?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061866852 (0061866857)
Publish date: April 26th 2011
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Young Adult Fantasy
I love many aspects of this book; DWJ was certainly an awesome Fantasy author. Even the smallest details were magical. She had a big imagination. This book has plenty of fantasy, good characters, a little romance and it never gets dull.I loved...- the racing results as a way to predict the future (h...
Enchanted GlassWhen Andrew’s grandfather, the magician Jocelyn, dies he leaves Andrew his house and field-of-care along with his housekeeper Mrs. Stock and his groundskeeper Mr. Stock (not related). Along comes Aidan, a teenager from London on the run from Stalkers after his grandmother’s death, see...
Delightful perfection. All I can say right now, review to come later...
With a somewhat slow start this sucked me in after a few pages. Andre Hope's grandfather was a magician and when he dies he leaves his house and field-of-care to his grandson. Andrew has forgotten most of what he knew, dismissing it as flights of fancy but this is important stuff and Andrew's li...
With a couple of exceptions, I quite liked this book. It isn't one of my favorite DWJ books, but it's definitely good enough. Except for a few things that I won't go into, because of potential spoilers. I'll just say that in one case, I believe that many people agree with me, as for the other, it's ...