Pinch Perkins lives in the heart of London, but not a London you and I know, for she lives in Tricky Dragon Lane which is in the heart of the magical quarter. When Pinch's mum is cursed, causing her to fall into a coma, nobody understands what is happening. Despite being warned not to, Pinch is determined to investigate and to find a cure before it's too late.
Pinch and her friend Henry are very different from one and other, and this makes the pairing so wonderful. Henry likes to always be smartly dressed, including wearing a tie, and lives a rather grand life; however, Pinch is a more impulsive, messy person who lives in a small flat. It is their desire to travel beyond Tricky Dragon Lane that bonds them, and the adventure to find a cure for Pinch's mum takes them on one heck of an adventure beyond the Lane.
Following the clues, the pair encounter all kinds of wonderful characters, from Moth the fairy, to a band of knights who only wake for one day a year; add in giants, ghosts and a rather marvellous taxi driver, and you have a wonderful array of characters to meet; some are happy to help the pair in their mission, whilst others are determined to stop them at all costs.
Combining magic with adventure, Pinch Perkins And The Midsummer Curse is an action-packed adventure that you won't be able to put down. At just under 400 hundred pages, it's a longer middle grade book but I found I raced through it and couldn't put it down (I read it in a day). With artwork by Chloe Dominique to come in the final version, I know that this is a book that will go down well with middle grade readers and will make the perfect summer adventure read.
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