The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls - Elise Primavera 电子书mobi+epub
Product details
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 910 (What's this?)
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; Reprint edition (April 29, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060569484
ISBN-13: 978-0060569488
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Product details
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 910 (What's this?)
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; Reprint edition (April 29, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060569484
ISBN-13: 978-0060569488
Franny longs for adventure but can't even do a cartwheel. Pru can do a cartwheel but prefers hiding under her quilt making up safety tips. Cat has no use for safety tips but supposedly has ESP. And Ivy has had a seven-year string of bad luck—a Jinx that's about to get a whole lot worse.
The four are thrown together when a pair of mysterious ruby red slippers turn up, along with the fashionably mad Cha-Cha Staccato, who bears a frightening resemblance to a certain wicked witch. . . .
As hilarious as it is original, The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls is an unforgettable take on girlhood, piano recitals, The Wizard of Oz, and the dependable everyday magic of true friendship.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6–Set in the picturesque town of Sherbet, this story centers around four girls who live on Gumm Street. Franny, Pru, and Cat are not friends (at least not at first). Pru thinks Franny is reckless. Franny thinks Pru is a big baby. And they both dislike Cat because she is just too perfect. But when Ivy moves into the neighborhood, everything changes. First she discovers a pair of ruby slippers. Then the girls' piano teacher, Mr. Staccato, disappears. And, finally, a strange and magnetic woman claiming to be his sister moves into his house. The girls soon realize that they must ban together to save Sherbet. With the help of two dogs, a jinx, Pru's copy of The Wizard of Oz, and ESP, they set out on an adventure that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Primavera's illustrations, laced throughout the narrative, are small artistic gems that unite the text. To truly enjoy The Secret Order, readers should be familiar with L. Frank Baum's original The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. However, even those only familiar with the 1939 film will take pleasure in this delightful tale of friendship and adventure.–Lisa Marie Williams, Fairfax County Public Library System, Reston, VA
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From Booklist
Franny, Pru, and Cat, enemies all, live on Gumm Street. Ivy's arrival doesn't enhance relationships. When Mr. Staccato, a piano teacher and collector extraordinaire, dies after bequeathing The Wizard of Oz ruby slippers to Ivy, a coalescing force arrives in the person of his niece, Cha-Cha, who resembles the wicked witch. To outsmart Cha-Cha, the girls join together, but before they can say "Toto," they find themselves in the land of Spoz, where Cha-Cha lives with her Paris Hilton-like wards, Coco and Bling-Bling. In her first novel, Primavera, best known for picture books, tries to combine the friendships of the Babysitters Club with the over-the-top adventures of the Baudelaire siblings, but the result is often more wearing than winsome. Still, this has moments of high humor, and like Quentin Blake's art in Roald Dahl's books, Primavera's energetic artwork often carries the day. Kids will miss a few of the jokes (Judy Garland's real last name was Gumm), but most of the humor is broad enough to hit the target audience. The first in a series. Ilene Cooper
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Review
“A delightful tale of friendship and adventure. Primavera’s illustrations are small artistic gems.” (School Library Journal)
“Primavera is at her best.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))
About the Author
Elise Primavera has, like Ivy, suffered her fair share of jinxes in life and has found it helpful, like Cat, to consult the I Ching before making any important decisions. She often feels, like Pru, that the safest place in this danger-filled world is under a quilt with a good book. As Franny dreams of doing, she has made her mark in the world—but as a writer and illustrator of children's books and not as an explorer in the mold of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Among her many books are the national bestselling Auntie Claus and its sequel. This is her first novel, but it won't be her last, because like Hieronymus Gumm, she always likes to have the last word and is hard at work on another book about the Gumm Street Girls.
Elise Primavera has, like Ivy, suffered her fair share of jinxes in life and has found it helpful, like Cat, to consult the I Ching before making any important decisions. She often feels, like Pru, that the safest place in this danger-filled world is under a quilt with a good book. As Franny dreams of doing, she has made her mark in the world—but as a writer and illustrator of children's books and not as an explorer in the mold of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Among her many books are the national bestselling Auntie Claus and its sequel. This is her first novel, but it won't be her last, because like Hieronymus Gumm, she always likes to have the last word and is hard at work on another book about the Gumm Street Girls.
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