This is a delightful read for young YA readers! Full of imagination and a little history too!
Sheila
Abbie would just like to be like a normal eleven year old girl. She wishes her only worries were her over bearing and heavy homework handed teacher Miss Linegar (rhymes with vinegar), and sharing secrets with her best friend Callie…
But Abbie is a young witch and that adds a whole other dimension to her eleven year old being.
For instance… she has a younger brother they call Munch. Munch can also do magic but has not figured out the boundaries of doing magic in non magical settings…. uhhhh…. like school. And really anywhere in public. Abbie is always having to keep an eye on him and put forget hexes on all those who see Munch in action. And of course there is Callie….. Abbie wishes she could share this secret with Callie, her one true best friend… but she can not.
Who knew 11 could be so hard?
And then comes Benjamin, the new kitten Abbie’s dad brought home for her. Abbie has wanted a kitten for like EVER! Yet there is something different about this kitten who seems to enjoy reading everything he can get his paws on…..
and that is where it really gets interesting…
I met author Rhonda Hayter at BEA this past May. She was a delight to talk to and she gave me this book to read and review. As life tends to happen, it has taken me quite a while to get to this book, but once I did…. I couldn’t believe I had waited so long.
Abbie is a fun character that I can really see young girls from 7 – 15 really enjoying reading about. Yes, I would say this book is a MG (Middle Grade) read and I for one am cheering about that. While I have enjoyed many a YA, I also appreciate a well written MG to keep the pre YA’s reading. It’s a tough genre because you want it to be mature enough to hold their attention but not quite to the YA level of teen parties, dating, boyfriends, etc…
Rhonda Hayter does well in putting forth a likable and interesting character in Abbie Adams. I look forward to what Abbie will be up to next, and I thing MG readers will as well.
Amazon Rating
I received this book from the author, Rhonda Hayter
Book Journey 
Love the cover on that book! I’m not usually one to read MG or YA, but have been known to do so if the author is one I’ve heard good things about.
I am doing an author chat later this week with the author Laurel…. 😀
I completely agree! This was such a well written MG read. Rhonda did a fantastic job making a likable character without sounding too young. So good! I’m so glad you liked it and I can’t wait to see what you talk about with Rhonda, I just love her!
I thought Abbie was wonderful Danielle, a character that that MG will love!
Yay, another book with kitten in it. I’d love to read it.
I hope I can find the book excerpts of it
Its a cute read Ally!
I loved this book and bought it for my elementary school for my older students. It’s a fun read and I think she did a fantastic job with Abbie. 🙂
I bet your students love it Kristen!
I love that cover! So cute!
Its a great cover Hannah!
It sounds like a great read and I just have to say that I LOVE the cover.
Thanks for the review. This would be a great book for my niece. She is a studious little writer herself, devoted to keeping her journals, so I think the book as well as the author would be inspiring for her.
Nik I bet your niece would love this book!