ISBN: 0688315070
ISBN13: 9780688315078
The Little Broomstick
$19.59
ISBN: 0688315070
ISBN13: 9780688315078
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A read copy that remains in clean condition.
Formats
Conditions
A read copy that remains in clean condition.
Book Overview
It is Tib the black cat who leads Mary to the strange flower in the woods. When she discovers a little broomstick shortly afterwards, she is astonished to feel it jump in to action. Before she can gather her wits, it is whisking her over the treetops, above the clouds, and in to the grounds of Endor College, where: 'All Examinations Coached for by A Competent Staff of Fully-Qualified Witches.' Here she discovers evidence of a terrible experiment in transformation - deformed and mutant animals imprisoned in cages. In the moment after her broomstick takes off, she realises that Tib has been captured. Returning to the College the following day, she manages to free the animals, but not before the Head of the college, Miss Mumblechook, and her colleague, Doctor Dee, have seen her. Mary manages to flee...but the evil pair are in hot pursuit! This description may be from another edition of this product.
- Format:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 0688315070
- ISBN13:
- 9780688315078
- Release Date:
- January 1972
- Publisher:
- William Morrow
- Weight:
- 0.90 lbs.
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Customer Reviews
This was my favorite book. I'm so glad it's back in print now that my daughter is 8!
I loved this book more than almost any other book from my childhood. When my first daughter was born @ 8 years ago, it was out of print and I actually bought used copies so that I would be sure to have it to read to her when she was old enough. Now that she is, I am happy that we can buy copies as gifts for her friends as well. J.K. Rowling owes a huge debt to Mary Stewart. I have to imagine that she must have loved this book as a child as well.
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Take a bow, Mr. Potter....to our heroine...
Mary Stewart's delightful fantasy is fun and exciting from beginning to end. I first read it about 30 years ago, and it made a big impression on me. Something about the way Stewart told the story made everything seem quite logical. I reread the book last year and loved it all over again. I only wish it were a bit longer, as it seems to end rather quickly. Still, I thoroughly recommend this as a delightful fantasy for children who are a bit too young for Mr. Potter (whom I believe owes a debt to Ms. Stewart)>
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A Fantastic Read for All Ages
I read this book when I was about 8 years old and I loved it more than any other book I read. I say this because I remember it better than any other book I read as a child, and I read quite a few books. I have a copy somewhere in a box in my house and am longing to read it to my 6 year old and I don't want to wait any longer. So I have ordered another copy of it. In the wake of Harry Potter (which I also love) this story is just as enchanting and enthralling. It all begins with a child in England discovering a magical broomstick followed by a school for witchcraft! I can only highly recommend this book, plain and simple.
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Magic!
A lonely, young girl finds a cat and magic in the English countryside in this book for young readers. Pre-Harry Potter, there are similar themes, but Mary Stewart writes like no other, and the story unfolds giving just enough details so a young person's imagination can fill in the rest. When I went back and re-read this after many years, I realized how much I had forgotten, and how much I had made up about it when I was nine. I love this book very much.
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The Little Broomstick, by Mary Stewart
I love most of Mary Stewart's books, but, if you have a young daughter getting interested in reading, after she reads this, she'll become a fan for life, like I did! It's a story about a girl with a cat, who get caught up in intrigue. My mother brought this book home from a trip to Canada, and I'm sick that it's out of print. I hope to find it again, soon!
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