In the sequel to A Darker Magic, a grown-up Emily and her niece, Alice, return to Caledon to confront the dark forces of an evil magic. Facing pressures at home and the expectations of her pregnant mom, Alice cant accept a summer job staging a Punch-and-Judy show at the library fast enough. As the show draws nearer, mysterious and frightening events take place and Alices strange Aunt Emily suspects that the truth might lie buried in the past. Will she and Alice be able to discover the dreadful secret that is sabotaging the puppet show in enough time to save themselves?

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-18 years.

There are 240 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2007 by Simon & Schuster .

Michael Bedard is one of the world's most popular and successful pop artists. His poster, then book, Sitting Ducks, have become phenomenal successes, both here and in the States. Selected as a World Book Day "Super Read" title - one of just two for the 3+ age group - Sitting Ducks has been reprinted many times and already sold over 50, 000 copies in the UK alone.