Octagon Magic

by Andre Norton

Overview

The secret of Octagon House

 

When her grandmother gets sick, eleven-year-old Lorrie Mallard is sent to live with her aunt in the U.S. Things were different back home in Canada, and Lorrie is homesick—especially when boys like Jimmy Purvis and Stan Wormiski tease her. One day, Lorrie finds herself at the door of Octagon House, where she is welcomed by the elderly Miss Ashemeade and her servant, Hallie. Could the kindly Miss Ashemeade truly be a witch, like everyone says? Lorrie doesn’t know, but with the help an old rocking horse and a dollhouse she finds in a mysterious eight-sided room, she begins to unlock the secrets of Octagon House.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781497656543
Publisher:	Open Road Media
Publication date:	07/01/2014
Series:	The Magic Sequence , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	836,681
Lexile:	800L (what's this?)
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Andre Norton was one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy authors in the world. With series such as Time Traders, Solar Queen, Forerunner, Beast Master, Crosstime, and Janus, as well as many standalone novels, her tales of adventure have drawn countless readers to science fiction. Her fantasy novels, including the bestselling Witch World series, her Magic series, and many other unrelated novels, have been popular with readers for decades. Lauded as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, she is the recipient of a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention. An Ohio native, Norton lived for many years in Winter Park, Florida, and died in March 2005 at her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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Octagon Magic

The Magic Books #2

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By Norton, Andre

Starscape

Copyright © 2005

Norton, Andre

All right reserved.

ISBN: 0765352982

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"It's--it's just a doll house, isn't it, Sabina? No one does live there. No one could."
      Sabina did not even flick an ear in her direction. Lorrie took another step back and her shoulder struck against the rocking horse. He swayed, and under the rockers the floor creaked. Lorrie drew her hand down his mane. Just--almost as good as a pony.
      She eyed the queer saddle. Why was it made that way? But--it would be fun to take a ride. Rocking horses were for little kids, but this was such a big one.
      Lorrie climbed on and tried to sit astride the saddle. But you could not do that comfortably, it had bumps in the wrong places. Somehow, she did not know how, she found herself sitting the horse in another way, both her feet on the same side of the horse. And he began to rock--faster
      There was a wind blowing and leaves whirled up--leaves? Lorrie blinked. This was not the room, it was a road with trees on either side and the wind in their branches. She was not on a rocking horse at all, but on a real one.

Continues...

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Table of Contents

Contents

WITCH'S HOUSE,
THE BAD WEEK AND OLD MISS ASHEMEADE,
RIDE A WHITE HORSE,
PHINEAS AND PHEBE,
A COLLAR FOR SABINA,
OCTAGON HOUSE KEEPS CHRISTMAS,
CHOLE AND NACKIE,
STORM CLOUDS,
CHARLES,
ONE GOLDEN NEEDLE,

Editorial Reviews

"Suspense and rich elements of magical lore will appeal to lovers of fantasy.” —Library Journal

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