The Misadventures of Salem Hyde
Book Five: Frozen Fiasco
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Publisher Description
When Salem’s school puts on an ice pageant during winter break, our reluctant witch is determined to be a snow angel. But there’s one problem: Salem doesn’t know how to skate. So instead of preparing for the Frosty Follies, she’s stuck babysitting her neighbor’s son, Fergus. Just when Salem thinks her winter break is ruined, she’s offered the part of a snow angel. Now she just has to figure out how to balance her responsibilities and learn to skate before the big show. With a little magical help and some advice from the overanxious cat Whammy, Salem is sure she can get everything done . . . unless it all snowballs out of control first!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Salem Hyde is brash, outspoken, and has a pair of pigtails that resemble bat wings. She's also a witch, and she needs help keeping her powers under control. Enter Percival J. Whamsford III (aka Whammy), a magical cat Salem's family hires for that very purpose. Never mind that she would've preferred a unicorn: "A witch and a cat?" she grouses. "That's so unoriginal!" Illustrated in energetic green-and-black cartoons packed with physical comedy, Cammuso's (Otto's Backwards Day) odd-couple story reads like a salute to the comic strips of yesteryear, with plenty of punning and deadpan deliveries; he even sneaks in a few references to Star Trek and The Simpsons. Along with the ongoing clashes between headstrong Salem and persnickety Whammy, the plot concerns Salem's quest for success in an upcoming spelling bee, while outsmarting a teacher who has it out for her. In one of many funny moments, Whammy tries to sanitize the story of Moby-Dick for an impressionable Salem ("Did I say harpoons? I meant... balloons"). It's just about the perfect story for comics-loving fathers to read with their comics-loving daughters. Ages 7 9.
