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Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism

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I just bought this book yesterday and started reading it last night. I don't know exactly what made me buy it; maybe the flashy hypnotic cover, which I love. It's a very gripping book and I just couldn't put it down.
Molly Moon is an orphan at the Hardwick House orphanage, which is run by horrible Miss Adderstone. Miss Adderstone doesn't like Molly and Molly hates her. In fact, no one likes Molly, except her best (and only) friend, Rocky. Molly keeps getting into trouble and she thinks her life is horrible, until she finds "HYPNOTISM -- AN ANCIENT ART EXPLAINED" by Dr. Logan in a library. An American man wanted it, but he thought the librarian had lost it and Molly sneaks it away. She soon discovers she is a natural hypnotist and has many people under her control. Unfortunately, while she had had a big argument with Rocky and wasn't speaking to him, he had been adopted by some Americans who had come to visit the orphanage. So, after winning the Briersville Talent Competition, she takes her money and boards a plane to New York, with Miss Adderstone's pug, Petula, whom she had hypnotized into liking her. She checks into the most expensive room of the most expensive hotel in Manhattan and seeks fame and fortune. But the American man, Professor Nockman, is on her trail and he wishes to use her hypnotic powers to commit a huge bank robbery. Molly is very confused and she soon finds a life of fame and fortune isn't as good as it seems and she is determined to find a better one, by being herself. Molly faces many challenges and changes a lot. In the end, she no longer thinks her life is horrible; she finds it's very good.
It's amazing to see how Molly changes, as a person. A lot of changes also happen around her and Molly is faced with many surprises. In the end, she learns that she likes herself just the way she is and so do other people. This is a lovely book and a must-read for every booklover.

As a middle school librarian, I find myself reading almost as much young adult fiction as adult fiction and non-fiction. I think my 6th and 7th graders will thoroughly enjoy this book. Molly is an unfortunate young lady...an orphan, a bit odd looking, unliked by everyone at the orphanage except for her friend Rocky. The orphanage is run by a group of mean-spirited adults who seem to despise children. Even the head-mistress's dog is cranky.
Molly's only safe haven is the town's library. During one visit she discovers a book on hypnotism, shelved incorrectly because the H has been torn off. She finds out that someone else has been searching for this book, the evil Professor Nockman. (Can a Professor be this evil?) He has travelled from the United States to obtain this book, and Molly overhears his
ranting and raving when the book is not available. She sneaks it out and now her adventure begins.
As she reads the book and perfects the art of hypnosis, her world is turned upside-down. Her many escapades are entertaining and cause you to cheer inside.
While orphans and evil adults seem to be a recurring theme in many books for young people, the author is successful in keeping one's interest. The twists and turns are exciting.
I think that most young people will be fascinated by this book.

After seeing a huge display of "Molly Moon..." in the window of our local bookshop, we decided we should bring home a copy to pass the time until Potter V comes out. We were not at all disappointed with Molly and her adventures... Molly's character is written with just the right amount of "real kid" quality to make her believable. She's not perfect and she makes some questionable, but understandable, choices. She even can be a bit cruel. Her adventures are compelling... well, why wouldn't they be considering she finds a very helpful old book on hypnotism and then changes her life completely. We should all be so lucky. My husband wonders, of course, why books on orphans are so popular these days (counting Harry Potter and the Baudelaire children in Lemony Snicket's "Unfortunate Events" series). He, more than me, also found the book a little predictable (I read it first and was very annoyed that he guessed the twists before he had finished the 4th chapter). Our child is not quite 3 so we'll have to wait a few years before he'll give his opinion. All in all, Byng has created a story worth reading. I just wish that the book sellers would not compare her writing to J.K.Rowling. Leave that expectation behind and you will not be disappointed with this tale.

I received an advance copy of Molly Moon and read it in 2 nights. The characters are easy to identify with and the story is entertaining. I teach 3rd grade and we have been reading this book as a read aloud. The kids love it and beg me to read more than one chapter at a time!

I picked up this book after seeing it on a couple of recommended reading lists. People always say not to judge a book by its cover, but when I saw the cover on this book, I had to have it (you'll see what I mean...the holographic swirl patterns are pretty cool). I'm glad I grabbed it.

If you're read any of the other reviews for this book, you already know some basic facts. Molly is an orphan (we read a lot of orphan books, don't we?) who is not the smartest, prettiest, or most popular. In fact, most of the kids at the orphanage make fun of her, except for her good friend, Rocky.

When Molly finds an old book on hypnotism at the library and hears an ugly man screaming at the librarian about it, she knows this book must be special, so she takes it. Back at the orphanage, Molly reads the book and works on her hypnotism skills, eventually using them to leave the orphanage and have a grand adventure, which lands her in America.

Full of twists and turns, readers young and old alike will enjoy Molly's adventures, as she uses her hypnotism on all sorts of unsuspecting people. I enjoyed the book, although I did find a couple of parts to be rather predictable. Please don't compare this book to Harry Potter. Sure, it has the whole orphan-thing going for it, but the same can be said about the Lemony Snickett books. This book stands by itself and is actually a pretty good (and quick) read.

If there is another book with as much fun and adventure in it involving an orphan hypnotist, I haven't found it! Molly Moon is an adorable character who you can't help but love. Her hard times at the orphanage seem nearly over when she finds a book on hypnotism at the local library and makes her way across the pond to NYC where she becomes, of all things, a Broadway baby and a bank bandit - all in the same month. Not to be missed by any reader with an affinity for Lemony Snicket or Harry Potter. You won't be able to wait for the sequel. Truly fun stuff with a cherry on the top.

The book Molly Moon and the Incredible book of Hypnotism is a great book if you like adventure. This book is about a girl named Molly Moon and she finds a book about Hypnotism! She does not check it out but does the librarian catch her? I wonder. She looks in the book every day and she pretends she is sick. In the beginning she gets in trouble for having her bath water too high. I thought that was weird. It still is one of my favorite books. Molly has a few friends in the beginning but she does not make a lot of friends but she has enemies. I thought that she would make so many friends but I guess I was wrong.


If you like books that have parts that you don't want to put down, you would love this book but if that is not your thing you are better off going to read ten books while some one really enjoys Molly Moon series. This book is for ages 9-12 but I think you are O.K. if you read it older than 12 years old or 8 years old but no younger. I think you would LOVE it.

Molly Moon hates living at Hardwick House Orphanage. The orphanage is run by Miss Adderstone who is always mean to Molly and punishes her for no reason. She is also pushed around by the snot-nosed Hazel Hackersly who makes her life even more miserable than it already is. One day Molly went to the library andfound a strange book that was named Hypnotism: An Ancient Art Explained by Doctor H. Logan. Then she learned that she had a speical gift for hypnotism. Then she discovers that her best friend Rocky has been adopted from an American family and now lives in now lives in New York City. Molly uses her powers to do whatever she can to find her best friend.
I really enjoyed this book. Georgia Byng kept this story grafic and exciting through the whole book. I thik that anyone would enjoy this book.

I like a unique story as much as the next person. And this story has an original plot. An advertisement obsessed orphan girl leaves the only home she's known to track down her best friend, who has been adopted by a family that lives somewhere near NYC. Luckily, before doing so she stumbles upon a book that details methods for mesmerizing. By doing so she foils a bad man's attempts to obtain and use its techniques on unsuspecting victims. Bad man learns about girl with book, girl, through trickery, wins talent show, tries to evade bad man while living lavishly off her winnings at a fancy hotel. Girl with book, Molly Moon, obtains cute dog through trickery. Girl must engage in illegal activity in order to retrieve a loved one (fortunately, by this time she's well-versed at this type of behavior). So she tricks more persons. Eventually, mostly through trickery, she locates her friend, solves a mini-mystery, helps others, and finds happiness.

Between the tremendous amount of trickery and the author's attempts to excuse her main characters' bad behaviors, the book's message is nowhere near, "honesty is the best policy." The simplistic writing added little to its likeability. In summary: a basic book with a hypnotic plot filled with mixed messages. Better: A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, and Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.

MOLLY MOON'S Incredible Book Of Hypnotism
By Georgia Bung


If you love books about weird things that will never come true, do read this book.
The book is about a girl named Molly who lives in a terrible orphanage. But, when Molly finds a book of hypnotism, it changes here life. But soon, Molly realizes that her best friend, Rocky, is more important than fame. If you want to find out what happens to Molly Moon, you'll have to read this book.


Andrea, age, 9
Cunniff School
Watertown, MA