Upside Down Magic

Reviewed by: Sally Holt - Raymond Village Library, Raymond, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 26, 2015

Review

It's never easy when your magic goes wonky."

Children's authors, Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle, Emily Jenkins come together to write this first book with more to follow in this series.

And that is Nora's biggest problem because although she is suppose to be able to magically turn herself into a kitten she ends of becoming the blend of a dinosaur and kitten and that is why she can't get into an elite magic academy where her father is the unyielding headmaster so gets sent off to Dunwiddle Magic School.

She is not alone because, there, she meets Eliot, who instead of being able to shoot fire from his fingertips everything turns to ice and Andres, who is unable to stay earthbound but is always floating in the air or sitting on the ceiling and Bax who just turns into something very strange

Ms. Starr is a pleasantly unexpected teacher at DMS because she embraces the differences in the magic powers the children have and says,"Remember? We say different. Thinking about opposites is a great place to start understanding unusual magic."

But does Nory want to stay different or be, normal?"

Children will love this book whether they are reluctant readers or not. A book that is hard to put down as it is filled with warmth and humor.

Overall Book Score: very good