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The Daring of Della Dupree

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by Natasha Lowe
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Matilda meets The Penderwicks in this charming, magical story about a young witch who accidentally travels back in time—the fourth in the "effervescent" (Kirkus Reviews) Poppy Pendle series.
Della Dupree has the so-called honor of being named after the legendary founder of the prestigious witchcraft school, Ruthersfield Academy. Her namesake left incredibly big shoes to fill, and most days, Della doesn't feel like she's up to the task. No matter how hard she tries, Della's magic seems middling, her spells sad, and her charms not so charming. Deep down, Della feels she will never do the academy founder proud.

Then one morning Della is in the library early to work on her spells before class. Thinking about her name again, she finds herself chanting, "Twelve twenty-three, twelve twenty-three, Ruthersfield was founded by Witch Dupree." But the open closet of time travel amulets nearby means her careless words have serious consequences. A mysterious wind gusts through the library and sweeps Della back to the year 1223. She ends up alone in a strange time with no idea how to get back home.

Della has never had much confidence in her magic, but left with no choice, she must use her spells and ingenuity to find her way back across the centuries—and maybe finally feel she's earned her name.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Poppy Pendle

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  • Release date

    August 4, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9781534443693

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      • ISBN: 9781534443693
      • File size: 3795 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      May 15, 2020
      Eleven-year-old witch Della Dupree must muster all her courage when she's stranded in the 13th century. If only Della were brave enough to stand up against the school bullies. But Della knows that if she does, the mean girls will turn on her next. It's already hard enough to share a name with the famous Della Dupree, who founded Ruthersfield Academy in 1223 to educate witches. Della lives in a Britain where nonmagical people know about and love witches, and her own nonwitchy family is supportive. But what if Della were to travel back in time to meet the historic Della, and what if she were to learn what it's like to live in a time when witches are hated and feared? Della's soon stranded in 1223, having lost the magical necklace that enabled her spur-of-the-moment illicit jaunt into the past. As Lowe writes it, history smells atrocious and features hideous food--one particularly "nasty pottage" prompts Della to make a quick magical lasagna, and a disgusting pheasant stew leads her to magic up a chicken curry--but the witch girls Della meets are lovely. She just wishes she were brave enough to save them from the dungeon. In the mildly anachronistic past of her apparently all-white village of Potts Bottom, Della finds her spunk. Slightly awkward prose with odd explanatory asides distracts from both humor and pacing, but scenes in which these medieval characters first experience modern food are mouthwatering. Amusing, if a little clunky. (recipes, crafts) (Fantasy. 8-11)

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