A Pinch of Magic: A magical gift to curl up with this Christmas
Michelle Harrison
Subjects
- Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
Average rating
Sisters, secrets and spellbinding adventure . . . the perfect magical world to cosy up with this Christmas!
The Widdershins sisters, Betty, Fliss and Charlie are trapped, prevented from leaving their home on Crowstone by an ancient family curse. When they inherit three magical objects with the power to change their fate, adventure beckons. But are they being led into even greater danger?
Join the Widdershins sisters and break the family curse in the first Pinch of Magic Adventure, shortlisted for the 2020 British Book Awards, selected as Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month and Barnes and Noble Young Readers pick of the month, and winner of the Dutch Bronze PEN award. Continue the adventures with A Sprinkle of Sorcery, A Tangle of Spells and A Storm of Sisters.
Praise for the Pinch of Magic Adventures
‘A spellbinding story, steeped in magic. I adored it.’ Abi Elphinstone
‘A stunner. Such great writing!’ Peter Bunzl
‘I love Michelle Harrison – I hadn’t read much fantasy but this series hooked me! Brilliant writing, beautiful!’ Lisa Thompson ‘Simply phenomenal’ Sophie Anderson ‘The wry enchantment of an E. Nesbit classic’ Guardian ‘Fantasy and adventure appear on every page of this spellbinding tale’ Daily MailReviews
A mythical adventure loved reading it didn't want it to end!
Officer Honeycomb Birdbath 14.12.2021
A good book. Lots of daring adventures.
Princess Magnolia Bubble-wrap 24.08.2020
The best book I've ever read. My hands were literally glued to the pages. They were so glued that I finished the book in two days! I would reccomend this book to absolutely anyone from 8 to 80. Until I read this I didn't think it was possible for a book to be so good. It made me grit my teeth and make all kinds of expressions! There's a little quiz at the back for you to do and I got 6 year old charlie who loves animals and sweets.
Coach Honeycomb Jellybaby 18.08.2020
it is amazing
Anonymous 11.08.2020
I like charlie because she was caring. The curse interested me and I loved it when the curse broke and because the father wasn't in prison. I would recommend it to my friends and famly
Fairy Lacey Legend 04.08.2020
This is a captivating, heartbreaking novel about three cursed sisters and three magical objects. I really enjoyed this; it is now one of my favourite books! I could not put this book down; I was so tempted to find out what happened next. My favourite character was Felicity Widdershins. Her surname means “not going well” or “not as planned”. She has two younger sisters, one named Betty and the youngest Charlotte, who only responds to “Charlie”. She is adventurous like Betty but also she is kind, loving and affectionate like her youngest sister Charlie. Felicity likes to kiss boys on the lips for no reason though she doesn’t love them, which Betty calls a Fliss Kiss, but on their adventure she falls in love with a young man named Colton, also known as prisoner 513. I would recommend to readers aged 10 and up. I think this adventure book is great for fans of “Tom’s Midnight Garden” by Philippa Pearce, “The Girl of Ink and Stars” by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, “A Monster Calls” by Patrick Ness, “Molly Moon, Micky Minus and the Mind Machine” by Georgia Byng and “Northern Lights” by Philip Pullman.
Lady Cupcake Ketchup 22.07.2020
I loved it as it was an amazing adventure and you don't really know what is going to happen next. At the end of each chapter you want to read more as it is soo much of a cliff hanger. I like that even though sorsha's mother told her that her sister wanted her magic she didn't belive her ( sisterly love ) when she was actually right. I liked sorsha the most as I feel sorry for her as everyone seems to think she's evil when it's actually her sister who is evil. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone as it is so extraordinary. This book gets you sucked in and when you start you can't stop!
Anonymous 26.06.2020
totally recommend this book full of magic definitely more than a pinch
Detective Sunny Lanzarote 26.06.2020
