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Bedknob and Broomstick

by Mary Norton · 1943

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In The Magic Bedknob, Carey, Charles and Paul 6 find prim Miss Price injured by falling off her broomstick. For their silence, she bespells a bedknob to carry them where-ever and when-ever. In Bonfires and Broomstickstwo years later, they bring necromancer Emelius Jones to visit. But his neighbors want to burn him at the stake for disappearing in the Great Fire of London.

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Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Mood
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Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 188 pages

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