Magic Below Stairs
Frederick is plucked from an orphanage to be a servant to the wizard Lord Schofield. Is his success on the job a sign of his own magical talent or the work of Billy Bly, the brownie who has been watching over him for years? No matter, for the wizard has banished all magical creatures from his...
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Frederick is plucked from an orphanage to be a servant to the wizard Lord Schofield. Is his success on the job a sign of his own magical talent or the work of Billy Bly, the brownie who has been watching over him for years? No matter, for the wizard has banished all magical creatures from his holdings. But Billy Bly isn't going anywhere, and when he discovers dark magic within the Schofields' manor house, it's up to Frederick and Billy to break the curse-and keep the Schofield family safe.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101529072 (1101529075)
Publish date: June 9th 2011
Publisher: Not Avail
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Regency,
Alternate History
Cute? I don't know. Stars an orphaned boy and a brownie. Thomas is nearly unrecognizably flat; Kate barely appears.
Set in the world that Patrica C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer created for their Sorcery and Cecilia books. This book is about Frederick working for Thomas Schofield, training to be a footman. Love Thomas! Anyway, there is a lingering curse set on the Schofield house and Frederick and the brownie, Bi...
This book was recommended to me and I picked it up from the library without even realizing it was a companion novel to the Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot Cecelia and Kate 1 books, which of course, only made it better. This book is for a younger audience. I was a little uncertain ...
Good but brief, this novella about an orphan hired as a servant in a sorcerer's house is set in the alternate-England of Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot but intended for younger readers. I quite liked the protagonist and the plot ideas, but the book as a whole felt a little undeve...
I had no idea Caroline S. was writing more about the Schofield family and this book was a very nice summer treat. It focuses on young Frederick and his fellow servants, rather than Kate and Thomas, but they play a large role as well. For newcomers who have not read all of Caroline Stevermer's previo...
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