LitPick Review
Charlie is a magical young boy who attends Bloor Academy. When Charlie finds his Uncle Paton left a note that says he was leaving to prevent his aunts from doing something disastrous, life gets a little hectic. For one thing a new girl named Belle that can change the color of her eyes has come to Bloor's Academy. Then Charlie and his friends find out, with the help of Billy Raven, that a mysterious boa has turned Ollie Sparks invisible! They also realize that Belle is really Yolanda, a one hundred year old woman who is a shape shifter and a hypnotizer. When Uncle Paton comes back from Yewbeam Castle half dead he tells Charlie that he was trying to prevent Yolanda from coming here because she poses a danger. Unfortunately Charlie tells him that she's already here. When Charlie lets loose an evil sorcerer named Skarpo nothing worse can go wrong. How will Charlie and his friends figure out how to send Skarpo away, heal Paton, get rid of Yolanda, and make Ollie Sparks visible again?
Opinion:
I enjoyed the book a lot. It was slow at the beginning but then it got better and more interesting. The pace really speeded up at the end and the ending was very satisfying because there were a lot of details in the story that got wrapped up quickly. The book had some magic in it, and was similiar to the Harry Potter books, except without as much magic and scariness. The book really got you thinking and wondering about what might happen next and it let your imagination go wild.
