When thirteen-year-old orphan Penny Sinclair moves to the small town of Dogwood to live with her godmother, she expects her life to become very dull until she finds a strange talking fox, a kindred spirit in her new friend Zoe, and the secret grove where they discover the long hidden magic of the Phoenix Girls. When something sinister threatens Dogwood, their often accidental magic may be the only thing that can stop it.
A Conjuring of Assassins is Cate Glass's second adventure with the Chimera team, a ragtag crew who use their forbidden magic for the good of the kingdom.
She doesn't expect to find a strange talking fox roaming the countryside near her new home, a kindred spirit in her new friend Zoe, or the secret grove where they discover the long hidden magic of The Phoenix Girls.
She didn't expect to find the strange talking fox, a kindred spirit in her friend Zoe, or the secret grove where they discover the long hidden magic of the Phoenix Girls.
tendrils of fog that coiled and uncoiled beyond the glass, taking shape and falling apart, cresting, then crashing like waves against the palace. She stared at the fog, searching for shapes in the shadows the way she sometimes did in ...
Featuring the original text and artwork and a new introduction, we are republishing this vintage work in a high quality and affordable edition, making it an excellent companion for anyone interested in trying out a trick or two.
Sie verraten das schon dadurch, daß sie in ihre Bücher so viele Fotografien drucken lassen, denn die fotographische Maschine ist ja das, was sie brauchen: Sie stiert mit einem Auge von einem Punkt aus ins architektonische Weltall, ...
It is also possible that some small pocket mirrors may have, from time to time, been present in a household— perhaps even on the body of a person not ... Email correspondence with James Cornelius, Curator, Lincoln Collection, July 2016.
The conjuring repositories supply a champagne tumbler, with a glass exactly the size of the interior of the bottom. This is an undoubted improvement, as the water may be poured out, if an examination be demanded, when the glass will ...
done, and as the illusion has apparently left the domain of optical science and is now relegated to the conjuring ... result consists in the use, not of clear plate glass employed in the ghost illusion, but of engraved silvered glass.
'Then fill up the glasses with treacle and ink, Or anything else that is pleasant to drink: Mix sand with the cider, and wool with the wine— And welcome Queen Alice with ninety-times-nine! “Ninety times nine!” Alice repeated in despair, ...