The Demon Notebook
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
For Grace and her four best friends, magic is just harmless fun—until it's not...
Things have gone wrong for Grace, Jenny, Rachel, Adie, and Una. Very wrong. A freak snowstorm stranded the whole school, the history teacher's gone bonkers, and their notebook has taken on a diabolical life of its own, bringing all of their previously failed spells to life. At first the girls are thrilled to see their magic finally working.
But the spells are botched and people might get hurt and Una's not acting quite right...
Can the girls stop the madness before the demon notebook works through their list of spells, slowly creeping towards the last, truly awful spell that they didn't really want to happen?
Winner of the Waverton Good Read Children's Award for best debut novel.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Seventh-grader Grace and her four best friends are wannabe witches, casting spells that never work and recording them in Grace's notebook. But after the girls use a Ouija Board, Una, one of the five, starts acting oddly, and the spells in the notebook begin to come true, one by one. This has the girls in a panic because the last spell on the list could result in the death of their bullying classmate Tracy. The girls race against the clock to save Tracy, turning to "local crazy person" Mrs. Quinlan, who explains that the girls have opened a portal, that a demon has possessed Una, and that it must be banished. The plot in this debut from first-time author McGann (originally published in Ireland) is set on high speed, with events piling up fast and furious, leading to a satisfying, if overly neat climax. While the girls don't always stand out as distinct characters, their bond is genuine; readers will worry just enough for their safety in this fun and lightly spooky story. Ages 9 12.
