The Magical Misadventures of Prunella Bogthistle
All Prunella wants is to be a proper bog-witch. Unfortunately, her curses tend to do more good than harm. When her mixed-up magic allows a sneaky thief to escape her grandmother’s garden, Prunella is cast out until she can prove herself.It’s hard enough being exiled to the unmagical Uplands, but...
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All Prunella wants is to be a proper bog-witch. Unfortunately, her curses tend to do more good than harm. When her mixed-up magic allows a sneaky thief to escape her grandmother’s garden, Prunella is cast out until she can prove herself.It’s hard enough being exiled to the unmagical Uplands, but traveling with the smug young thief Barnaby is even worse. He’s determined to gain fame and fortune by recovering the missing Mirable Chalice. And to get what she wants, Prunella must help him, like it or not.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780805087437 (0805087435)
Publish date: May 25th 2010
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
It was cute enough. Nothing terribly engaging.Nothing serious. Very light and easy.The atmosphere was very "The Princess and the Frog" Disney movie. Down in the bayous and bogs of a magical Louisiana is what it felt like to me.The characters, Prunella and Barnaby, were nothing special. They weren't ...
I feel like I have very little sense of how I actually felt about this book, which might be due to the fact that I read it in chunks. Overall, I found it different (in a good way) but not entirely wowing. (Aug. 2010)