The Witches of Sea-Dragon Bay (Beatrice Bailey's Magical Adventures) - Softcover

Forrester, Sandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764126334 ISBN 13: 9780764126338

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 2003

Synopsis

This third in a series of magic and adventure novels, stars young Beatrice Bailey, apprentice witch, on another of her exciting adventures. The Witches of Sea-Dragon Bay takes Beatrice and her friends Cyrus, Ollie, and Teddy to a very unusual beach resort, where the waters are filled with sea serpents and monsters. As in the previous Beatrice Bailey novels, Beatrice is continuing on her mission to break the spell of Dally Rumpe, the evil sorcerer whose dark powers extend over many different realms. Beatrice and her friends travel in a hot air balloon to the eastern part of the Witches Sphere, where Sea-Dragon Bay is located. Their balloon mysteriously deflates, and they need to be rescued by the Ghost Guard. Several other ordeals follow, all of them having mysterious causes. They include Ollie being trapped in a cellar flooded by rising tide, and Beatrice being stalked by an army of ferocious rats. Young readers will keep turning pages of this fast-moving tale, as Beatrice meets and overcomes a variety of mysterious and sometimes humorous challenges. (Ages 1014)

About this title

About the Author

Sandra Forrester has a masters degree in library and information studies. In addition to three Beatrice Bailey novels (with more to come soon), she has published four historical novels for young readers. She lives and works in Cullman, Alabama.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8--Beatrice, a 12-year-old apprentice witch, continues the quest assigned by the Witches' Executive Committee to determine her official magical rating. She must rescue a wizard's four daughters who have been imprisoned by an evil sorcerer in strongholds scattered throughout the enchanted country of Bailiwick. Having successfully liberated the first two captives in The Everyday Witch(2002) and The Witches of Friar's Lantern(2003, both Barron's), Beatrice, her three friends, and two newly assigned witches now travel to Sea-Dragon Bay, where Ailsa is confined in an off-shore castle guarded by fearsome sea monsters. The expedition faces numerous problems: the travelers' hot-air balloon crash-lands; one of the companions is nearly drowned in a flooded cellar; and Beatrice is trapped in a rat-filled dungeon. The friends suspect that one of the newcomers is in league with the enemy. Familiarity with Beatrice's previous adventures is helpful, but not essential, and a number of plot threads are left unresolved for later volumes. This book, like J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series (Scholastic), features young magic-users in training, an arcane world coexisting with the mortal sphere, a witches' hierarchy, and a villain who is regularly foiled but never completely defeated. Although Bailiwick isn't as fully realized a place as Rowling's Hogwarts, Forrester's title is worth consideration where fantasy is popular.--Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
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About this edition

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0764126334
• ISBN 13: 9780764126338
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Illustrator: Lane Nancy