Keyholders #2: The Other Side of Magic [Mass Market Paperback]

Debbie Dadey (Author), Marcia Thornton Jones (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Keyholders

The second in a series of light fantasy chapter books set in Morgantown, a town on the border between the real world and the magical world, by the authors of the Publishers Weekly bestselling BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS—a series of 50 books with more than 30 million copies sold!

“I need your help, Natalie,” Mr. Leery said. “Yours and Penny’s and Luke’s.”

Natalie is surprised to learn from her neighbor, Mr. Leery, that her classmates Penny and Luke are apprentice Keyholders. A Keyholder’s job is to guard the border between the real world and the magical world. Natalie is even more surprised when she finds out that she could be a Keyholder too—if she forms a “link” with a rat named Buttercup.

Will Natalie choose to join the Keyholders? Can she, Penny, and Luke learn how to work together with their links and protect the border from the goblins sent by the evil Queen of the Boggarts?

Editorial Reviews

Review

Praise for the Bailey School Kids:

“Appealing light entertainment.”—Booklist

 “The authors—a teacher and a school librarian—know what appeals to the young chapter book audience. It is one of Scholastic's top-three best-selling series of all time!”—Forbes Book Club

“Children's enthusiasm over these wacky stories is the reason the Bailey School Kids is one of the most popular series ever for Scholastic Trade Paperbacks. Fan mail attests that kids eat it up."—Poudre Magazine

About the Author

MARCIA THORNTON JONES enjoys reading more than anything else.  As a teacher, her favorite part of the school day was sharing books with her students.  It was that love of reading that drew her to writing. She wanted to write the same kinds of stories that she and her students enjoyed reading. One afternoon she mentioned to the school librarian that she’d always had an interest in writing. The librarian, Debbie Dadey, shared a common desire to write stories that would encourage reading skills while promoting a true joy of reading.  The next afternoon, Marcia and Debbie met while their students were at lunch and began writing. That story, Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots, became the first book in their bestselling series, The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids. 

Marcia lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband, Stephen, and their two cats. 

DEBBIE DADEY taught first grade before becoming a librarian.  It was while teaching that she first realized how much she wanted to write a book for reluctant readers.  Her first book, co-authored with fellow teacher Marcia Thornton Jones, was the result of a very bad day. Since then, Debbie and Marcia have collaborated on more than 125 books with sales of over forty million copies. 

Debbie lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with her husband, three dogs, and three children. 

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Starscape; First Edition edition (April 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765359839
• ISBN-13: 978-0765359834
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #685,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun urban fantasy, May 2, 2009

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This review is from: Keyholders #2: The Other Side of Magic (Mass Market Paperback)

Natalie struggles to adjust to having Buttercup a nervous rat as her link to the other world; while the other two rookie keyholders, Penny and Luke are pleased with their links respectively Kirin the unicorn and Dracula the dragon. However after being chased by three goblins, their mentor Mr. Leery decides to begin their training. Only Natalie succeeds in finding holes ripped open by agents of evil Queen of the Boggarts in the threads between Morgantown and the supernatural realm.

Natalie takes Buttercup to school and a teacher takes the rat away. The girl is hysterical but Buttercup escapes. Mr. Leery and his link Mr. Mo the cat decide the time is right to take the future keyholders to the OTHER SIDE OF MAGIC.

The second Keyholders elementary school age urban fantasy (see THIS SIDE OF MAGIC) is a fun tale as the three rookie keyholders struggle with their responsibilities; where as Penny and Luke relish their respective links, Natalie is a snob until her rat is taken from her. On the other hand, she proves the only one of the three adept at magic. Young readers will enjoy this fun tale as the threesome with their links and their mentors cross to the OTHER SIDE OF MAGIC.

Harriet Klausner