Pure Dead Brilliant - Softcover

Debi Gliori

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552552526 ISBN 13: 9780552552523

Publisher: Random House Children's Books, 2006

Synopsis

Nearing his thirteenth birthday, Titus is about to become a millionaire. But as usual, things are amiss at StregaSchloss. Evil Uncle Lucifer is after the Borgia fortune again, but he's the least of their problems. Titus and Pandora could certainly do without their mother's student-witch house guests - one of whom may be a foul-smelling, soul-harvesting demon with an extremely unpleasant agenda.

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Review

As they say in Glasgow, you'd have to be a right numpty not to rejoice at a third book in Debi Gliori's delicious Pure Dead comedy adventures. Things are in a turmoil, as usual, at StregaSchloss, the ancestral castle of the Strega-Borgias in Argyll: Titus and his sister Pandora are at odds because their grandfather, Don Chimera di Carne Borgia, known as il grande parmigiano, or "the big cheese," is about to make Titus the sole heir of the family fortune; Signora Strega-Borgia has invited her flaky classmates at the Institute of Advanced Witchcraft to spend a week at the castle practicing their spells; Ffup, one of the house dragons, is sulking about her diaper-changing responsibilities as a teenage single mom; and grouchy Marie Bain, possibly the worst cook in the British Isles, has created an accidental specialty of kippers in raisin and rat pee sauce. Worst of all, word has gotten around in demonic circles that the long-lost Chronostone is secreted someplace in the castle, and the sinister Astoroth, Second Minister of the Hadean Executive, is hot on its trail, as is another demon, Flamma d'Infer, who is disguised as one of the apprentice witches. Events take a decidedly random turn when the family's wise and comfortable magical nanny, Mrs. McLachlan, discovers that the baby Damp is an infant magus. And that's only the beginning of this gothic romp that can only be described as, well, pure dead brilliant. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell

From the Inside Flap

There?s trouble brewing at StregaSchloss!

When Signora Strega-Borgia invites some would-be witches to stay, weird things begin to happen. Pandora can?t resist the temptation of time travel. Titus picks up a strange?and deadly?computer virus. And it looks like they may have to trade in the family riches for a family curse.

Are they falling under the witches? spell? Or is the ghost of the Strega-Borgias? past coming back to haunt them all?

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0552552526
• ISBN 13: 9780552552523
• Binding: Paperback