An unusual, comic school story about a girl with magical powers. Esmeralda's mother is the fortune-teller, Madame Petulengro. Esmeralda has magical powers too. She thinks she should use them to do good. Her mum says she should behave herself and stop causing trouble. But Esmeralda can't let Brian Biggard get away with being such a big head, can she?

 

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Walker Books Ltd .

The artist, Mike Gordon, specialises in humorous illustrations and has won several awards for his work. He is based in Santa Barbara in California. Jean Ure is a prolific and highly regarded children's book author. She has been writing for many years, and had her first book published at the age of sixteen!