More Fifth Grade Magic - Softcover

Gormley, Beatrice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595152031 ISBN 13: 9780595152032

Publisher: iUniverse, 2001

Synopsis

Fifth grader and professional model Amy wishes she could be more assertive with her domineering mother. A calendar with magical powers promises to change her lifeand it does, but not in the way Amy expects! The fast-paced action, believable magic elements, and touches of humor make this an appealing book.Booklist

About this title

About the Author:

Beatrice Gormley is the author of many popular books, both fiction and biography, for young readers including Back to the Titanic! (Scholastic) and Miriam (Eerdmans Publishing Co.). She lives in Ossing, New York, with her husband Robert and their two cats.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6-- Amy Sacher is the teacher's pet and a child model, formed by her fashion-conscious, workaholic mother. After her mother arranges for Amy to attend an exclusive summer camp for models, chaos erupts. With the help of Gretchen Nichols, the main character in Gormley's Fifth Grade Magic (Dutton, 1982), Amy discovers that she possesses a magic calendar--one that will bring to pass anything that she writes on it. Amy wants more than anything to attend the Young Theater program during the summer just like everyone else. Until she understands the magical abilities of her calendar, she mistakenly arranges for a halo to appear on her head before a modeling session and to have a twin just as she arrives at school. In the end, all turns out well for Amy, who convinces her mother (through the help of her father and not a magic calendar) that she can attend Young Theater. Characters lack real depth and at times sensibility (Amy's mother takes a shower and washes her hair and then goes jogging); however, the fantasy itself is fun and fast-paced, keeping readers wondering what magic will happen next. --Carol McMichael, Greenfield Public Library, Ind.
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About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0595152031
• ISBN 13: 9780595152032
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116