Magic smells awful

Matthew K. Manning

Book - 2018

Just when fifth-grader Xander Stone decides to give up his long search for magical creatures, he encounters three Rainbow-Barfing Unicorns, who were banished from the magical world of Pegasia after an encounter with a mysterious object leaking green gas turned them into smelly, zombie-like, rainbow-upchucking creatures--and Xander will need to keep his wits about him if he is to hide the true nature of his new friends from other humans.

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Humorous fiction
Published
North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books [2018]
Language
English
Main Author
Matthew K. Manning (author)
Other Authors
Joey (Illustrator) Ellis (illustrator)
ISBN
9781496557155
9781496557193
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

A magic-obsessed boy meets four (not-so-good smelling) talking, barfing unicorns.Twelve-year-old Xander is walking home from school one day when he sees strange rainbows shooting across the sky. The rainbows "didn't simply fade into view, as rainbows are known to do. No, they burst through the air, as if they were in a hurry to get to the other side of the mountain." Xander runs toward the woods to see what's going on, only to confront moments later "an impossible creature"and then more. In all, he meets four extremely unusual unicorns: Cradie, Stalor, Blep, and Ronk. One pukes on him! The unicorns have been banished from the magical world of Pegasia for trying to eat the other unicorns. They are not your typical unicorns. In fact, they are stinky, zombielike unicorns. But they don't feel safe on Earth because "humans can't be trusted," so Xander vows to protect them. He must devise a plan to hide or disguise these talking, barfing unicorns from humans. What can go wrong? Manning's premise is so bizarre it works, and Ellis' use of bright, bold colors to highlight the black-and-white spot illustrations amps that premise further, making the journey of these unicorns on Earth a truly hilarious one. Both Xander and his crush, Kelly, have brown skin and straight, brown hair. Backmatter includes a spotlight on unicorn Ronk and some jokes.A unicorn story with a twist and funny characters who are in for an adventure. (Fantasy. 7-10) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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