by Anne Downer
Recommended Age: 12+
The Middle Ages collide with the present day in this exciting, funny, touching story by the author of The Spellkey and The Glass Salamander.
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Gideon follows Wycca through the bolt-hole, but then so do Kobold and his demon familiar, Febrys. Emerging into a world where wizardry is not extinct – but wyverns are – Gideon soon has the help of a fussy old bachelor who happens to be the Wizard of Harvard Square, Iain Merlin O’Shea. They embark on a race against time – or rather, against Kobold – to magically fetch Wycca and her hatchling from wherever they may be.
But both parties are beset by problems. Problems like a fetching spell that accidentally fetches a real, live, Chinese dragon, in blatant defiance of the “no pets” policy in Merlin’s apartment building. Problems like a demon who is fascinated by her recent discovery of the concept of love. And above all, the unknown factor in all their equations – a nearly-twelve-year-old girl named Dodo whose obsession with the world of fantasy draws her unwittingly into a wyvern’s nest, a wizard duel, and a desperate race to save a newborn wyvern’s life.
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