The Spell Book Of Listen Taylor
Kids, Fiction, Mysteries and Detective Stories, Teen, General Fiction
| Author: | Jaclyn Moriarty | ISBN: | 9780545232098 |
| Publisher: | Scholastic Inc. | Publication: | November 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Arthur A. Levine Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jaclyn Moriarty |
| ISBN: | 9780545232098 |
| Publisher: | Scholastic Inc. |
| Publication: | November 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Arthur A. Levine Books |
| Language: | English |
A fairytale, a mystery, a history of hot-air ballooning, and a romance . . . A novel so brilliant, moving, zingy -- and Zingy -- that it could only have come from Jaclyn Moriarty. The Zing family lives in a world of misguided spell books, singular poetry, and state-of-the-art surveillance equipment. They use these things to protect the Zing Family Secret -- one so huge it draws the family to the garden shed for meetings every Friday night. Into their world comes socially isolated middle grader Listen Taylor, whose father is dating a Zing. Enter Cath Murphy, a young teacher at the elementary school that Cassie Zing attends, suffering from a broken heart. How will the worlds of these two young woman connect? Only the reader can know!
A fairytale, a mystery, a history of hot-air ballooning, and a romance . . . A novel so brilliant, moving, zingy -- and Zingy -- that it could only have come from Jaclyn Moriarty. The Zing family lives in a world of misguided spell books, singular poetry, and state-of-the-art surveillance equipment. They use these things to protect the Zing Family Secret -- one so huge it draws the family to the garden shed for meetings every Friday night. Into their world comes socially isolated middle grader Listen Taylor, whose father is dating a Zing. Enter Cath Murphy, a young teacher at the elementary school that Cassie Zing attends, suffering from a broken heart. How will the worlds of these two young woman connect? Only the reader can know!
