When you don’t know who to trust…
Trainee witch Grace and her four best friends love to have fun with their spells. So when the dazzling Ms Gold comes along offering to help the talented young coven, they jump at the chance. Before long they are becoming blonde bombshells, creating cute pets out of thin air, not to mention taking fabulous flying lessons!
But the daring friends make a magical mistake that drags the past into the present. Suddenly Grace has to work out who she can really trust...
An ancient enchantment, a test of loyalty, and a true friendship. But has Grace learned enough to smash an ancient spell and save the girls – and herself?
Sequel to the hugely popular The Demon Notebook.
Erika McGann grew up in Drogheda, County Louth, and now lives in Dublin. She is the author of a number of children’s books, including the winner of the Waverton Good Read Children’s Prize 2014, The Demon Notebook, the first in her magical series about Grace and her four friends. Other books in the series are: The Broken Spell, The Watching Wood and The Midnight Carnival. She is also the author of the ‘Cass and the Bubble Street Gang’ series.
will appeal to confident readers with a liking for fast-paced action and magical happenings
The School Librarian
amidst all the magic, the portrayal of the girls’ relationships is a very strong aspect to this novel, with sharp observations and perceptive descriptions of behaviour and inner feelings, and the teen dialogue is spot-on
Irish Independent
a talented imaginative writer
Irish Independent
very enjoyable
Irish Independent
the anticipated follow up to The Demon Notebook, is a good adventure story full of fun, laughs and entertaining witchcraft
Inis Magazine
the twists and turns in the friendship between the five girls is well depicted by McGann and this is really where the strength of this book lies
Inis Magazine
the action is fast paced and flows nicely towards its climax
Inis Magazine
I am sure Erika McGann will win over some more fans with this one
Inis Magazine
an enjoyable read
Inis Magazine
a spell-binding story
Books Ireland
the plot moves along at a near perfect pace and the reader is eagerly lured into each chapter. It's a hard one to put down!
GoBookYourself.info
exciting … every YA fan will want this
GoBookYourself.info
action-packed story … fans of fantasy will love this
Children’s Books Ireland Recommended Reads Guide 2013
a gripping page-turner with a fast moving plot, it will keep the reader guessing until the end
Children’s Books Ireland Recommended Reads Guide 2013
the multi-layered plot bounds along breathlessly, with crisp schoolgirl dialogue… the eccentric new characters make for an Irish Hogwarts, but the story is grounded in a believable school setting
Irish Examiner
lightly humorous story about friendship
parentsintouch.co.uk
McGann clearly knows her demonology, and there are some genuinely scary scenes in the book
Books for Keeps
a very exciting read that offers young readers something to think about as well as something to make them jump
Books for Keeps
magical mirth and mayhem ... a very readable tale for girls aged 10+
Evening Echo
Erika McGann’s first book The Demon Notebook attracted good reviews and was a highly entertaining and convincing portrait of girls’ friendship against a background of spells and magic
Books for Keeps
In this the sequel, she takes the action and moves it up a notch so that although there’s still the same snappy dialogue and a good many laughs, this feels a much darker read
Books for Keeps
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