juliet dove queen of love by bruce coville

Throw in a little sisters imaginary friend who suddenly takes on an eerie sort of reality…an old painting that comes to life…and a dangerous plot to destroy Juliets family, if not the whole world…and you have a recipe for one of Bruce Covilles most exciting and magical school-kids adventures. Now she cant take the amulet off until she brings an ancient story to its conclusion, confronts her worst fear, solves a strange riddle, and dares to defy one of the ancient gods (albeit with the help of several others).Įven the fact that Athena, Hera, and Cupid are running around doesnt seem strange compared to two talking (and later flying) rats and the crowd of lovesick boys who suddenly start following Juliet everywhere she goes.

As soon as Juliet puts the amulet around her neck, she finds out that she is in serious trouble. Well, whoever the lady is behind the counter, she seems desperately eager to give Juliet a certain amulet and to shove her out the side door of the shop. This time, the child who stumbles upon the Magic Shop is a painfully shy sixth-grader called Juliet Dove, whose defense mechanism of striking out with devastating sarcasm has earned her a reputation as a stuck-up jerk and the nickname Killer. While trying to avoid a confrontation with a girl whose feelings she recently hurt, Juliet blunders into Mr. Priest and their immortal vermin friends, Jerome and Roxanne, the talking rats. Elives and his Magic Supplies shop, as well as Ms. As recently as 2003, this fifth book came out, once more featuring Mr. I was mistaken when I said that the Magic Shop Books were complete in four books. The book's laudable message, however, is clearly delineated, and as kind, loyal Jennifer endures a poor self-image, one hopes readers will see the light. Coville's ( Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher ) comical classroom scenes lapse into a convoluted web involving Bufo's long-lost sweetheart and the belabored idea that pulchritude denotes cruelty unattractiveness, humanity.

When a gorgeous witch kidnaps Jennifer's youngest sibling, her evil intentions are thwarted by teamwork-and by Jennifer's sacrifices that reveal qualities surpassing mere beauty. At school the canny amphibian inflicts vengeance on Sharra, a nasty classmate. After purchasing a toad from a mysterious shopkeeper Jennifer is amazed to discover that not only can Bufo talk, he can mimic voices unerringly. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Juliet Dove, Queen of Love (The Magic Shop Books Book 5). Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Jennifer, a fifth-grader, agonizes over her appearance-``I'm just a kid in the plain brown wrapper''-and her schoolmates' taunts are doubly painful. Juliet Dove, Queen of Love (The Magic Shop Books Book 5) - Kindle edition by Coville, Bruce. This fanciful story questions the value of beauty yet spins out of control after a promising start.

Juliet dove queen of love by bruce coville