Blizzard of the Blue Moon (Magic Tree House Merlin Mission Series #8)

by Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator)

Overview

In this exciting new Merlin Mission, Jack and Annie go back in time to New York City, during one of the darkest periods in the city's history—the Great Depression. Even worse, the city is in the grip of a terrible snowstorm. To stop the blizzard, Jack and Annie must save the unicorn made famous in the Cloister's medieval tapestries. But will that be enough to help a city that faces so many troubles?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780375830389
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	12/26/2007
Series:	Magic Tree House Merlin Mission Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	23,277
Product dimensions:	5.16(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.37(d)
Lexile:	570L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Mary Pope Osborne is the author of all the Magic Tree House books, American Tall Tales (Knopf), The Mysteries of Spider Kane (Yearling), and numerous novels, picture books, and nonfiction titles. She lives in Goshen, Connecticut with her husband, Will, and their two Norfolk terriers, Joey and Mr. Bezo. The author lives in Goshen, CT.

Hometown:

Goshen, Connecticut

Date of Birth:

May 20, 1949

Place of Birth:

Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Education:

B.A., University of North Carolina

Website:

http://www.marypopeosborne.com

Table of Contents

Editorial Reviews

Jack and Annie's latest Merlin Mission gets off to a chilling start. The kids have been dispatched to Depression-era New York City to rescue a unicorn, but Gotham is locked down in a blinding blizzard, and the Magic Tree House visitors can't image where a magical creature would be hiding in a great city. The 36th installment of Mary Pope Osborne's mind-tingling series sparkles through the very last page.

Merlin has sent Jack and Annie on another important mission. This time the tree house lands in New York City's Central Park in 1938 towards the end of the Great Depression. Their objective is to rescue a very special magical creature—Merlin's unicorn. The only problems, at first, are the brewing blizzard, solving their riddle, and their one-day time limit. During their search, they experience New York City treasures such as Belvedere Castle, the subway system, and the Metropolitan Museum's Cloisters. At the Cloisters they discover priceless tapestries donated by John D. Rockefeller and there they find, large as life, the spellbound Unicorn. They also find more problems. Apprentices of the Dark Wizard are there as well and are trying to release the unicorn into their care. With some fast thinking and a little help from their spell book, Jack and Annie deliver their charge back to its rightful owner. Another fine read from Mary Pope Osborne filled with historical facts and endless imagination all rolled into one magical package.

Children's Literature - Trina Heidt