No Place for Magic: Book Four in the Tales of the Frog Princess - Hardcover

Baker, E.D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582346542 ISBN 13: 9781582346540

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2006

Synopsis

When Emma and her beloved frog-turned-prince Eadric travel to Upper Montevista to ask for his parents' blessing on their marriage, they find his homeland in chaos-Eadric's annoying little brother, Bradston, has been kidnapped by Trolls! Worse, his mother won't let Emma use magic, even to rescue Bradston, and Eadric seems suddenly a bit too fond of the girls in his own castle. With a dose of bravery and a few clever tricks both magic and not, Emma takes center stage again in this utterly charming and surprising addition to the Frog Princess series.
Reviews "Another amiable. . .episode." -Kirkus Reviews "There certainly is no lack of humor, and kids will get a kick out of the hip "Shrek" vibe that Baker creates in this updated fairy tale." -School Library Journal

About the author
E. D. Baker is the author of The Frog Princess, Dragon's Breath, and Once Upon a Curse. Her books have been translated into a dozen languages and optioned for film. She lives with her daughters on a horse farm in Maryland.

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About the Author:

E. D. Baker is the author of The Tales of the Frog Princess series, including The Frog Princess, which was in part the inspiration for a new Disney movie which will be released this fall (The Princess and the Frog). Baker is also the author of Wings: A Fairy Tale. She lives with her family and many pets in Maryland.
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From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6–This latest installment in the series continues with the travails of Emma as she tries to marry Prince Eadric. The young couple must go to meet his parents in Upper Montevista in order to obtain their consent. This is not a slam-dunk as Emma is a witch and Eadric's mother is not too keen on the use of magic. In fact, she won't even allow Emma to use it to help rescue her younger son, Bardston, who has been kidnapped by trolls. Unfortunately, that is about the extent of the plot; the rest is just window dressing, and not very interesting dressing at that. The story plods along as Emma and Eadric make their journey, but nothing much really happens. Things pick up once the search for Bardston begins. Emma is able to see that the man she loves is more than she thought he was, and his parents see that there is more to Emma than they believed. There certainly is no lack of humor, and kids will get a kick out of the hip Shrek vibe that Baker creates in this updated fairy tale. The attitudes are contemporary, but attitude alone doesn't make a compelling story. This one is for libraries in which the earlier books are popular.–Tim Wadham, Maricopa County Library District, Phoenix, AZ
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About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1582346542
• ISBN 13: 9781582346540
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256