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The Castle of Tangled Magic: Step into the fairytale world of bestselling Sophie Anderson, the perfect magical adventure!: 1

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It shows how much I love her, and once I’ve sewn it onto the blanket it will prove for ever how glad I am that she is part of our family. Two land at my feet, but the third is swept up and away, until it disappears into the brightness of the sky. She lifts a walking stick, rattles it against a branch, and five apples drop to the ground at her feet. Olia is a fabulous character; she is brave and loyal - her family and friends mean everything to her.

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I glance from Mama to Babusya as I pour three cupfuls of milk and stir a little honey into mine and Mama’s. A thought buzzes through my mind that the floor might not be safe, but I blow it away and, treading as lightly as possible, draw closer to the chest.So, if there is magic hiding somewhere in our home, then I’m going to find it, and share it with my sister. Olia has always lived in Castle Mila, a gorgeous castle rich in ancestral history that has been passed down through the generations. I liked that the story was written from Olia’s point of view so that all of the lessons that she learned were shared with the reader in the most effective way. I thought that Olia was really kind because when she found out the land of forbidden magic’s problems she was determined to help the land. I try my best to stop my fingers from shaking as I pour salt into one of the kerchiefs, fold it up and tie it with a ribbon, the way Babusya does when she leaves an offering for the domovoi.

The Castle of Tangled Magic by Sophie Anderson Review - The Castle of Tangled Magic by Sophie Anderson

Babusya pulls me into one of her bony, awkward, walking-stick filled hugs and almost jumps up and down with excitement. Although I didn’t inherit any of Mama’s bright colours on the outside, Papa says that I did on the inside. The wind swoops and zooms up the walls outside, hissing through the pine logs and making threads of moss fly into the air from between them. The magical world is so well described and explored, and the magical creatures are so diverse and beautifully crafted. Bursting with positivity, it revels in sibling and parental love, friendship and the idea of what home really means.BOOK OF THE MONTH - A heart-warming and hilarious story told in 25 chapters, perfect for the countdown to Christmas. A shiver of excitement rushes through me as I wonder if I really did see the domovoi, and if he somehow stopped the storm because I asked him to protect our home. I edge into the attic and feel a stretching sensation in the air, followed by a brief pop and the tingle of something raining down, as if I’ve walked through a giant soap bubble. She closes the door, shutting out the wind…but I still feel tension growing in the air until it chafes against my skin. All Olia wants to be is the best big sister ever, and shower her sister with love and show her the world and the castle they live in.

Read-Along – Sophie Anderson Read-Along – Sophie Anderson

I am not familiar with Russian folklore but Sophie Anderson teaches her readers about the folklore in such a magical way. I went into this book with incredibly high expectations, Sophie Anderson is one of my favourite middle-grade authors, with her prior books, The House With Chicken Legs and The Girl Who Speaks Bear, being two of the best MG books I've read.

Author Guy Bass introduces SCRAP, about one robot who tried to protect the humans on his planet against an army of robots. I kick off my boots and socks and clamber up the nearest tree, my bare feet gripping the thick, rough trunk and my hands grasping each branch, until I’m surrounded by fruits. A few of the logs that make up the wall have slumped down, revealing a dark, empty space behind them. With a red silk lining,” I reply, silently thanking Luka for his careful observations, which seem much more sensible than my private ones about flashes of gold dancing in the dust and the strange warmth of the hat. She gathers an amazing assortment of companions as she travels on her quest - Feliks, the castle 'domovoi' or protective house spirit, Koshka the cat, Cascadia the 'rusalka' (female water spirit) and Dub the leshy (tree spirit) to name a few.

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