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Pinch Perkins and the Nightmare Tree
- Author
- Cathy FitzGerald
- Narrator
- Ezra Saifie
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 30 January 2025
- Run Time
- 7 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
Pinch’s magic has arrived … and it’s causing a whole load of trouble!
Pinch Perkins is very excited that her Spark magic is finally here – she has been having so much fun bringing things to life (although Sir Furalot, her beloved teddy bear, is not happy about it!). But with magic comes responsibility – and when Pinch is told off one too many times by her mum and dad for causing chaos, she starts to wonder if being magical is all it’s cracked up to be.
Then Pinch starts to have strange dreams, feeling like someone – something – is watching her. Surely it can’t be the strange tree, the one with bewitching red leaves, that has appeared on Tricky Dragon Lane?
When Pinch awakens one night deep in the forest – an enchanted place full of dangerous and mysterious creatures – unicorns, highway men, ghosts! – she realises that she has been trapped by an evil, ancient spirit bound to the heart of a tree. The only way Pinch can defeat this spirit is by embracing her Spark magic. The future of the magical world depends on it!
Critics Review
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Reviews for Pinch Perkins and the Midsummer Curse
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‘Brimming with adventure, enchantment and fun! A must-must-must-read!’
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Ben Miller
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'Tremendous fun: an exciting story and a magical new world for young readers to explore!'
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Lucy Strange, award-winning author
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‘…Fast-moving and lively with a large and very memorable cast of characters, and a strong sense that we are there with Pinch and Henry in the race to lift the curse. The tone is mostly light though there are some genuinely scary moments and real tension when it seems as though Pinch might be too late to save her mum. Cathy Fitzgerald’s world building is very good, her imagination huge, and readers will be looking forward to Pinch’s next adventure!'
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Book of the Week / Books for Keeps, week of 17/6/2024
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'I really enjoyed the action, the humour and the themes of friendship and love throughout the story and was gripped by the magical world that Cathy FitzGerald had created. A sparkling debut, I hope for many more in this series pretty please because it’s a big, fat five stars from us.’
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Details
- Author
- Cathy FitzGerald
- Narrator
- Ezra Saifie
- Duration
- 7 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 January 2025
- ISBN
- 9780008603458
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism / Magical fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Comic (humorous) fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Synopsis
Pinch’s magic has arrived … and it’s causing a whole load of trouble! Pinch Perkins is very excited that her Spark magic is finally here – she has been having so much fun bringing things to life (although Sir Furalot, her beloved teddy bear, is not happy about it!). But with magic comes responsibility – and when Pinch is told off one too many times by her mum and dad for causing chaos, she starts to wonder if being magical is all it’s cracked up to be. Then Pinch starts to have strange dreams, feeling like someone – something – is watching her. Surely it can’t be the strange tree, the one with bewitching red leaves, that has appeared on Tricky Dragon Lane? When Pinch awakens one night deep in the forest – an enchanted place full of dangerous and mysterious creatures – unicorns, highway men, ghosts! – she realises that she has been trapped by an evil, ancient spirit bound to the heart of a tree. The only way Pinch can defeat this spirit is by embracing her Spark magic. The future of the magical world depends on it!
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