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Hatching Magic

Hatching Magic

When Gideon and Wycca, his pregnant pet dragon, travel through a magic hole from the 13th century in order for Wycca to have her baby in peace and away from the cruel Kobold, they soon find themselves in the 21st century and in the home of young Theodora who is only more than hap... read full description below.

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ISBN 9780689870576
Published 5 July 2004 by Simon & Schuster
Format Paperback
Author(s) By Downer, Ann

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ISBN-13 9780689870576
ISBN-10 0689870574
Stock Available
Status Internationally sourced; allow 2-3 weeks for delivery
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Imprint Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publication Date 5 July 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Format Paperback
Edition New title
Author(s) By Downer, Ann
Category Humour & Jokes
Science Fiction
Fantasy & Magical Realism
English Literature: Fiction Texts
Science Fiction
Interest Age 8-12 years
Reading Age 8-12 years
NBS Text School Textbooks & Study Guides: Literature, Arts & Humanities
ONIX Text Children/juvenile
Number of Pages 256
Dimensions Width: 133mm
Height: 190mm
Spine: 19mm
Weight 182g
Dewey Code Not specified
Catalogue Code 50455

Description of this Textbook

You never know when magic will hatch.... Poor Theodora Oglethorpe Her biologist father has gone off to explore the jungles of Laos without her, her best friends are away on vacation, and a long, hot, lonely Boston summer is all she has to look forward to. Poor Gideon Wycca, his pet wyvern, has disappeared through a magic hole in time in search of a place to lay her egg. Kobold, Gideon's wizard rival, wants nothing more than to get his hands on Wycca. In a desperate attempt to rescue Wycca from Kobold's evil clutches, Gideon follows her through the magic holeand finds himself transported from thirteenth-century England to the terrifyingly modern world of Boston, Massachusetts, in the twenty-first century. Soon Theodora's involved with a chocoholic baby wyvern, a mysterious wyvern playing card, a couple of desperate wizards -- and the summer vacation of her life

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Awards & Reviews

NZ Review New York Post Middle-grade readers will love the story's humorous twists.

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