This second book in the acclaimed Bliss trilogy mixes the down-home heart-punch of Ingrid Laws Newbery Honor Book Savvy, the always-on-the-edge-of-chaos comedy of Cheaper by the Dozen, and a humorous magic all its own to create a thoroughly original confection to please every readers sweet tooth!The Bliss familys magical Cookery Booke was stolen by evil Aunt Lily at the end of Bliss, the first novel in the series. Now twelve-year-old Rosemary has a chance to win it back: she challenges her aunt to an Iron Chef-style international baking competition in Paris. But the only way to beat the cheating Aunt Lily is to gather magical ingredients of her own. Together with her brothers and their talking cat and mouse, Rose races across Parisfrom the Eiffel Tower to the Cathedral of Notre Dame to the Mona Lisa in the Louvre Museumto gather what she needs to out-bakeand out-magicher conniving aunt.If Rose wins, the cherished Cookery Booke will return to her family where it belongs. If she loseswell, the consequences are too ugly to think about. . . .

The Heat Is On

Rosemary Bliss will do anything to get back her family's magical Cookery Booke.

That's why she challenges Aunt Lily to an international baking competition in Paris: If Rose wins, Lily agrees to return the Cookery Booke that she stole. If Rose loses . . . well, the consequences are too ugly to think about.

But Lily isn't playing fair?she's using a magical ingredient to cheat. The only way for Rose to compete is for her to find magical ingredients of her own.

Together with her long-lost grandpa, his sarcastic talking cat, and a turncoat French mouse, Rose and her brothers race around Paris to find essential?and elusive?magical ingredients that will help her outbake?and outmagic?her conniving aunt.

She has to win or the Bliss Cookery Booke will be lost to her family forever.

This second helping in Kathryn Littlewood's Bliss series combines hilarious magic and daring adventure to make one delectable reading treat.



Autorentext

Kathryn Littlewood is a writer, actress, comedienne, and bon vivant who lives in New York City, works often in Los Angeles, and has a sweet tooth for pain au chocolat and sweet novels for middle-grade readers. This, her third novel, joins Bliss and A Dash of Magic in the Bliss trilogy.

Titel
Dash of Magic
Untertitel
A Bliss Novel
Illustrator
EAN
9780062084316
Format
E-Book (epub)
Veröffentlichung
12.02.2013
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Anzahl Seiten
384
Features
Unterstützte Lesegerätegruppen: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet