Rose
Young readers who love Araminta Spook and Lemony Snicket will adore this spellbinding, scary fantasy seriesThe grand residence of the famous alchemist Mr. Fountain is a world away from the dark orphanage Rose has left behind. The house is positively overflowing with sparkling magic, and Rose can...
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Young readers who love Araminta Spook and Lemony Snicket will adore this spellbinding, scary fantasy seriesThe grand residence of the famous alchemist Mr. Fountain is a world away from the dark orphanage Rose has left behind. The house is positively overflowing with sparkling magic, and Rose can feel it. It's not long before she realizes that maybe, just maybe, she has a little bit of magic in her, too.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781408304471 (1408304473)
Publish date: August 6th 2009
Publisher: Orchard
Pages no: 259
Edition language: English
Series: Rose (#1)
This is a very lovely middle grade fantasy, which focuses on a different class than most books of its type. Rose is an orphan and then a servant, rather than a lady. I liked the historical setting and especially Rose, who is a lovely main character.
Rose is the enchanting first story in a series about a girl named for the rose that was blooming in the orphanage garden the day she arrived. It starts with Rose at St. Bridget’s on a normal Sunday, when she starts to tell her friend, and fellow orphan, Maisie a story about how she came to be at the...
It's no secret that my absolute favorite part of books is falling in love with the characters. It's actually why I tend to read so much Middle Grade fiction. Characters like Rose make me smile. Vibrant, witty, and much braver than I could ever be, she stole my heart and made this book fly by for me!...
Holly Webb’s Rose (Rose #1) is a fun middle-grade read that enchanted and charmed me. Set in an alternate Victorian England where magic is real and those who have it are called alchemists and have great power and wealth, this story is all about one very special orphan. Ten year old Rose doesn’t drea...
Abandoned as an infant, Rose has only known the Orphanage - a life of not quite enough food, far too much hard work, and all sorts of rules designed to turn out ideal servants in a Regency-Victorian kind of world. She longs to get out. Not to run away, but simply to finally have a job, earn a wage...
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