Midnight Magic
Night after night, a ghost appears in the royal castle Pergamontio, terrifying the princess. Mangus the Magician doesn't believe in ghosts, but that doesn't stop him from being charged with finding this one. The King demands that Mangus free his daughter from the torment of the ghost...otherwise,...
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Night after night, a ghost appears in the royal castle Pergamontio, terrifying the princess. Mangus the Magician doesn't believe in ghosts, but that doesn't stop him from being charged with finding this one. The King demands that Mangus free his daughter from the torment of the ghost...otherwise, the magician will pay with his life. Mangus's only hope is his faithful, street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, who must solve the mystery of the ghost using logic and reason - and a bit of magic of his own.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780590360357 (0590360353)
Publish date: October 1st 1999
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Series: Midnight Magic (#2)
I loved this book. For a while as I read, I wasn't sure how I felt about it, but then the magic began to happen. I fell in love with this book about half way through, and still love it. It quickly grows on the reader, and will always be remembered as a truly magical read.
I wouldn't put this in the list of Avi's best books, but it's not terrible, either. I wasn't impressed with the reading; the reader did voices and all, but the reading style was reminiscent of children's audiobooks of the '80's - everything is overly-enunciated, the pacing is slow and deliberate, it...
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