Reviewer (text)
Kathleen M. Purcell
Poor Madeline! On the day of a big island celebration, Luminara, her parents have been kidnapped. To make matters worse, she thinks she sees a mysterious car speed away with red eyes peering out; it looks like a fox was driving it. Now she fears that anyone who hears her story may think she isn’t playing with a full deck. Where could her mom and dad be? Who has taken them? Fortunately, the kidnappers have left some clues: a note and a file card with a secret code. Read More
Teaser
In this hilarious chapter book mystery, meet a girl whose parents have been kidnapped by disreputable foxes, and a pair of detectives that also happen to be bunnies! When Madeline gets home from school one afternoon to discover that her parents have gone missing, she sets off to find them.
Promo
In this hilarious chapter book mystery, meet a girl whose parents have been kidnapped by disreputable foxes, and a pair of detectives that also happen to be bunnies! When Madeline gets home from school one afternoon to discover that her parents have gone missing, she sets off to find them.
Reviewer (text)
Terry Miller Shannon
In this charmingly original and good-hearted fantasy, 12-year-old Rosemary Bliss's parents are truly magical bakers despite the fact that they drive a minivan and wear fanny packs. When Rose watched her mother, Purdy, procure and then mix a lightning bolt into a bowl of cake batter, it was quite the eye-opener. Purdy's cake revived a six-year-old electrocution victim, who roused from his coma when Purdy slipped her special cake's crumbs into the child's mouth. From that moment on, Rose began yearning to become a kitchen magician, too. Read More
Teaser
Rosemary Bliss yearns to be a true kitchen magician the way her parents are, literally mixing such ingredients as lightning bolts into the Bliss bakery products, with life-changing results for treat recipients. However, Rose's opportunity for magical cookery seems destined not to be…until her parents are called away from home and a mysterious stranger arrives.
Promo
Rosemary Bliss yearns to be a true kitchen magician the way her parents are, literally mixing such ingredients as lightning bolts into the Bliss bakery products, with life-changing results for treat recipients. However, Rose's opportunity for magical cookery seems destined not to be…until her parents are called away from home and a mysterious stranger arrives.
