Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori is purely a fun, rollicking good book sure to please fans of Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, the Addams Family, and Mary Poppins. The Strega Borgia Chronicles is a series of black comedy novels for older children by award-winning Scottish writer and illustrator Debi Gliori. It’s all rather dark and silly in the vein of the Home Alone movies. Read an Excerpt. Plus. Signora Baci Strega-Borgia is struggling with her spells at the Advanced Witchcraft Institute.Titus and Pandora don’t like their suspiciously cheerful and fearless new nanny. I enjoyed reading this book! Pure Dead Magic. Pure Dead MagicRead online books from your Mobile or PC. Cancel anytime Or, Buy for £16.00. Not bloody likely, but I figure the author thought it'd be cute. It is quirky and Rand Macalister Hall: TTitus' former friend and member of his band who. Debi lives in Scotland, near Edinburgh. (.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}ISBN 0552547573)[4]. Chaotic is one word to really describe this book. Edition Description. Comment Report abuse. I couldn't have been more wrong. Signor Luciano Strega-Borgia has been kidnapped. Finally, the job is given to Flora McLachlan, who is hiding quite a secret of her own. Book Reviews. In Basket. The style and scope for vocabulary development makes this ideal … Too many lame tongue-in-cheek jokes. To me, it was basically like a Lemony Snicket book, but with computers. The series takes place in a world similar to our own but where magical creatures are apparently quite commonplace. And 500 tiny naked pink clones are not easy to manage. Signor Luciano Strega-Borgia has been kidnapped. It centres around a family whose mother is training to be a witch but is not very good and the children who are looked after by a nanny who is more than she seems.
All is not well at StregaSchloss, home of the bizarre but lovable Strega-Borgia clan. This book was a strange mix. Debi lives in Scotland, near Edinburgh. I got through a little over half of it and could no longer continue. A gangster in a rabbit suit. Lists containing this Book. J * Entering the home of Signora Strega-Borgia (who attends witch school) and Signor Strega Borgia (who has been kidnapped), Mrs. McLachlan, the new nanny, smells the "combined perfumes of beeswax and old dog … To me, it was basically like a Lemony Snicket book, but with computers. Verified Purchase. Some other creepy "pets" round out the family: Ffup, a dragon; Sab, a gryphon; Knot, a yeti; Tock, a crocodile who lives in the moat; and Tarantella, Pandora's pet spider who lives in the attic. Learn about Author Central. 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