Be a Genie in Six Easy Steps

by Linda Chapman and Steve Cole

Four new stepsiblings move from London to an out-of-the-way English village, where they discover a book--inhabited by a grouchy bookworm--that promises to make the reader a wish-granting genie.

• ISBN10: 0061948993
• ISBN13: 9780061948992
• Publish Date: 15 September 2009 (first published 1 January 2000)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Out of Print: 11 April 2013
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[Silvara]

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This was really cute. The step-sibs got along a lot better than I was expecting them to. And there were a few unbelievable moments, but all in all, I enjoyed it.

I was expecting the bad guy to be worse than what turned out to be the case. Though it totally worked with the reveal at the end, and with the age group the book is aimed at. I liked how the kids had to work together in order to complete each step, and that even when they failed they were able to figure out why with a little help from the book.

I really liked all the kids, especially Milly. And it was fun to see what kind of trouble the steps in the book brought them, as well as how they managed to escape. This isn't listed as being in a series, but it is actually book one of at least two. I enjoyed it enough I'll be picking up the 2nd book soon.

If you like middle grade with humor and magic, you should read this book.

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