Playing With Fire (Fortune Tellers Club) [Paperback]

Dotti Enderle (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Fortune Teller's Club Series

Can divination and magic help the girls solve this latest burning mystery?
The second installment of the Fortune Tellers Club series crackles with suspense! Anne Donovan has a crush on Eric, the new boy at school. No one knows much about him except that he transferred schools after his house went up in flames.

Anne and her two friends, who call themselves The Fortune Tellers Club, spread the tarot cards to predict Anne's future as Eric's girlfriend. When a series of fires breaks out, including one that destroys the school library, their attention turns to a more burning question. Does Eric possesses a special power-pyrokinesis? They set to work searching for answers before everything around them turns to cinders.

Selling Features
•A middle-grade novel (ages 8-12) about a trio of twelve-year-old girls who must solve the mystery of who or what is starting fires around town
•Centers on practical fortune telling to
solve a mystery
•Introduces new forms of divination to an age group particularly interested in fortune telling

Editorial Reviews

Review

An excellent series by Dotti Enderle. The Fortune Tellers Club books are wonderful for middle grade readers. -- Book Review Cafe, September 8, 2003

Anne, Juniper, and Gena are dimensional characters you want to meet in real life. Their enthusiasm and energy are contagious. -- In The Library Reviews, July 2003

Sprightly and fun. -- Studio City Sun, June 30, 2003

This book has a great twist at the end and leaves us breathlessly awaiting book three. -- Smartwriters.com, July 2003

About the Author

Dotti Enderle is the author of the childrens mystery series, Fortune Tellers Club, and the educational series, Storytime Discoveries. She began her publishing career in 1995, writing for popular childrens magazines. Her work has been included in Babybug, Ladybug, Childrens Playmate, Nature Friend, Turtle and many more.

As a professional storyteller, Dotti has entertained at numerous schools, libraries, museums and festivals since 1993. She takes pride in her vast collection of original stories and folktales, and specializes in participation stories, allowing the audience to join in the fun.

Dotti is a member of The Society of Childrens Book Writers & Illustrator and the Texas Reading Association.
A native Texan, Dotti lived throughout Texas as a small child, but Houston has been her home since the age of eight. She lives with her husband, two teenage daughters, and a lazy cat named Oliver.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (March 8, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738703400
• ISBN-13: 978-0738703404
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,600,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Swift-Moving Mystery, June 21, 2005

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This review is from: Playing With Fire (Fortune Tellers Club) (Paperback)

Anne has a crush on Eric, the best and cutest football player. She turns to her friends in the Fortune Tellers Club to help her find out if Eric likes her, too. Just when they think they've figured things out, there are mysterious fires at school. This is the second in the series of stories involving the "psychic sleuthing" team. Like it's predecessors, this is an easy read and a great page turner. What kid doesn't have a sense of wonder and fear about graveyards? It's a swift-moving mystery with established heroines. It's fun enough to get a non-reader reading.

5.0 out of 5 stars Book 2 In The Fortune Tellers Club Series, July 23, 2004

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Janet Boyer "Author, Blogger, Radio Host" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playing With Fire (Fortune Tellers Club) (Paperback)

The Fortune Tellers Club is a delightful series by professional storyteller Dotti Enderle. This series, geared towards ages 9-12, features three best friends--Juniper Lynch, Anne Donovan, and Gena Richmond--who use divination to solve mysteries, explain relationships, and understand life experiences.

Playing With Fire is book 2 of the Fortune Tellers Club series, and is told from the perspective of Anne, a cheerleader at Avery Middle School. Anne has a crush on Eric, the gorgeous star of Avery's football team. She asks her fellow members to do a Tarot reading to see if Eric likes her...and if she has any chance with him. Using a 4 card spread, the reading is amazingly accurate--but it's not until later they realize just how much. A series of mysterious fires have the fire department stumped--and The Fortune Tellers Club happens to witness one of the fires first hand. Using divination techniques such as reading the ashes, the girls are determined to get to the bottom of these fires--and find out if Eric has something to do with them!

The characters are fleshed out *much* better than the first book of the series (The Lost Girl). I almost gave up on the series after Book 1, but I'm glad I didn't! The action is fast-paced, and the element of mystery provides excitement and intrigue.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot magic, November 6, 2003

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Barbara Elmore "Teller of Tales" (Waco, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playing With Fire (Fortune Tellers Club) (Paperback)

A fan of Dotti Enderle's Fortune Tellers Club series could get comfy with Gena, Anne and Juniper.

The three are best friends, concerned about boys, school and each other, and in this second book of her series, the author has another winner.

Anne finds herself obsessed with Eric, a hot new boy at Avery Middle School. Best buds Gena and Juniper try to help her get his attention, with mixed results.

An underlying theme to this easy read is fire, or anything associated with heat or flames -- think fever, fever blisters, birthday candles.

Will Anne get the guy? Will the destruction at the school be explained? Read Playing With Fire to find out, and be prepared for a clever small surprise at the end.