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  • The Demon Notebook by Erika McGann
  • April Spisak
McGann, Erika The Demon Notebook. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2014 [224p] Paper ed. ISBN 978-1-4022-9538-6 $6.99 Reviewed from galleys     R Gr. 5-7

You always think that if your magic spells (especially ones involving making classmates urinate in class or history teachers speak nonsense) would just work, then life would be pretty sweet. This Irish import shows all too well, however, what can happen when your useless spells suddenly start coming to fruition at an alarming rate. Worst of all is that the five girls who made their wishes, never really dreaming they’d work, chose their number one spell request to be a bus running down the school bully. They’d like to undo their sudden abilities, but they’re really not good at this stuff. At all. Enter a snarky crazy cat lady, a useful teacher, and some key information about their school and demon portals therein, and the girls manage to save the day. There is a perfect balance of spookiness and humor in this novel, and the five protagonists are carefully and individually developed, ensuring that readers are sure to see themselves in at least one of them. There is never much doubt that all will end well, but that won’t stop readers from hoping that there will be more warily entered magical adventures with this crew. [End Page 46]

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