Wish Upon a Unicorn
Author | : Vicki Blum |
Publisher | : Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 0590515195 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780590515191 |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: When Arica falls through her grandmothers kitchen floor and finds herself in North Bundelag, a land with two moons, singing rivers, and plenty of magic, she knows shes in trouble. Arica hardly has time to figure out whats going on before shes captured by two nasty trolls and attacked by a swarm of pfifers. Fortunately, a gentle unicorn named Wish comes to her rescue. Arica finds that she can communicate with the unicorns through mindspeak, and learns they are badly treated by the trolls. She is determined to free the abused creatures, but the trolls lead her to a miserable work camp. There she meets the evil Raden, who wants to exploit Aricaspowers. Even with the help of kind elves and the magic of the unicorns, Arica seems unable to stop Raden. Will she be able to save the unicorns and return to her own world? Readers will be enchanted by this fantasy as they follow Arica and the unicorns on her brave journey through North Bundelag. They, like Arica, will realize that the strange land is much closer to reality than they ever could have imagined.