Sarah Mlynowski
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 4
Language
English
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Description
"Nory Horace can turn herself into a kitten. But sometimes she adds in a bit of dragon and, well, accidentally turns into a dritten. Oops? Her friend Andres Padillo can fly high ... but then he can't fly back down again. Nory and Andres are in an Upside-Down Magic class with other kids who have unusual magic. Now they're off on their first-ever overnight field trip! At Dragon Haven, Nory, Andres, and their UDM classmates get to swim with dragons,...
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 2
Language
English
Description
Nory, Bax, and their friends are in a special class at Dunwiddle Magic School, a class for children whose magic is unpredictable--and while Nory is finding an outlet for her dritten-self (a combination of a kitten and dragon), in the kittenball team, Bax is worried because all he can do is turn into a rock, and nobody knows why.
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 1
Language
English
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Description
After moving to a new house, ten-year-old Abby and her younger brother Jonah discover an antique mirror that transports them into the Snow White fairy tale.
5) Showing off
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Dunwiddle Magic School (fifth to eighth grade) is intended for children whose magic is "upside-down" like Dory (who turns into a combination of a kitten and dragon) and Pepper (whose uncontrollable "fiercing" terrifies everyone around her)--so the Show Off, where fifth grade students are supposed to showcase their skills, does not really seem like a good idea.
6) Best wishes
Author
Series
Best wishes volume 1
Language
English
Description
After her best friend ditches her, fifth-grader Becca, feeling devastated and alone, yearns for people to like her, so when a magical bracelet grants her wish to have loads of friends, she soon discovers having a dream come true is not as simple as it seems.
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 6
Language
English
Description
Marigold Ramos thinks that her magical ability to make things small will come in handy as she and her friends protest the new rule banning their toy dragons from school, until her magic gets out of control and starts shrinking her friends.
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Willa's upside-down magic rains, it pours. Clouds form under ceilings. Classrooms get flooded. Umbrellas must always be nearby, just in case Willa has an outburst. Willa hates being the source of such sogginess. Even worse, the more she rains, the badder she feels...and the badder she feels, the more she rains. All the storminess is threatening to drown her good grades and flood all her friendships. Is there any way to use magic to make the clouds...
9) Dream on
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
157 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this third adventure, Abby, her brother Jonah, and her friend Robin get sucked into the magic mirror and end up in the story of Sleeping Beauty, but when Robin pricks her finger and uses up the sleeping spell, Abby has to come up with a clever solution and a new happily-ever-after.
10) Sink or swim
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 3
Language
English
Description
Once again Abby and her brother Jonah go through the magic mirror in their basement, and this time they find themselves interfering in the Little Mermaid story--and needing to set things right and make sure everyone has a happy ending.
11) If the shoe fits
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 2
Language
English
Description
On their second adventure through the magic mirror Abby and Jonah find themselves in the Cinderella fairy tale--and that is when things start to go really wrong.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Instead of the usual fairy tale, Abby finds herself in the middle of a book, Alice in Wonderland, with two of her friends, plus bossy Penny (who is definitely not a friend), and in order to get back to reality she must solve a curious riddle, find one of her friends who is missing, and somehow avoid getting her head cut off by the Red Queen--and figure out what she is going to tell the other girls if they ever get out of Wonderland.
13) Bad hair day
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
On their fifth trip through the magic mirror, siblings Abby and Jonah find themselves in the story of Rapunzel--and they set out to free her from her tower, reunite her with her parents, and give the story a completely happy ending.
14) Hide and seek
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Nory's magic first appeared, her father wanted her to go to fancy, selective Sage Academy, where he is the headmaster. But Nory's magic went upside-down at the worst possible moment - and she was sent to Dunwiddle Magic School instead. The good news is Nory loves Dunwiddle, and her best friends have upside-down magic too. The bad news is when a flood wrecks Dunwiddle, Nory and her friends are forced to relocate to Sage Academy. Sure, there's...
15) Seeing Red
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abby tries to use the magic mirror to get to her friend's house, but she ends up with her brother in the tale of Little Red Riding Hood; where, having accidently knocked out the Huntsman, they set out to save Red (named Lali) and her rather unpleasant grandmother themselves--but end up having to save the wolf (who actually seems a lot nicer then Lali's grandmother), and discovering a surprising secret about their own Nana.
16) Spill the beans
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abby and Jonah take a trip through the magic mirror and finally end up in Jack and the beanstalk (which happens to be Jonah's favorite story ever)--but things soon start to go wrong, and the children have to try and set the tale right, even if it means trading their dog, Prince, for the magic beans, climbing the beanstalk (three times!), and reaching an amicable settlement with the giants (Magnus and Philippa, who are really quite nice), and the sneaky...
17) Good as gold
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
The magic mirror has a crack and it sends Abby, Jonah, and Prince into the mixed up tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and they soon find that Goldy is in need of a lot of gold to get her father out of jail, and so they find themselves negotiating between the Bears, who want honey, and Rumpelstiltskin, who just wants a friend or two--but King Ned is just plain greedy and somehow the children and Goldy's father have to escape from the king's jail,...
Author
Language
English
Description
If given the opportunity, what sixteen-year-old wouldn t jump at the chance to move in with a friend and live parent-free? Although maybe opportunity isn t the right word, since April had to tell her dad a tiny little untruth to make it happen (see #1: Lied to Our Parents ). But she and her housemate Vi are totally responsible and able to take care of themselves. How they ended up Skipping School (#3), Buying a Hot Tub (#4), and, um, Harboring a Fugitive...
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abby is feeling slighted by not being chosen festival leader at school, and her brother Jonah thinks that a trip through the magic mirror is just what she needs--but when they find themselves in a strange version of the Princess and the pea, and Abby is tagged as the princess, who will be the next ruler of the Kingdom of Bog (which is very damp and infested with alligators), she is not so much complimented as desperate to find an alternate princess,...
20) Just dance
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 15
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
159 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the magic mirror sends Abby and Jonah into the story of The Twelve Dancing Princesses to retrieve the crown ruby from the Kingdom of Douze, they follow the twelve sisters to the underground Dance Resistance Party where Abby learns she is not really a terrible dancer.