Pinch Perkins and the Nightmare Tree
- Author Cathy FitzGerald
- Narrator Ezra Saifie
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 30 January 2025
- Run Time 7 hours and 48 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism, YFHK.
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What to expect
Pinch’s magic has arrived … and it’s causing a whole load of trouble!
Pinch Perkins is very excited that her Spark magic is finally here – she has been having so much fun bringing things to life (although Sir Furalot, her beloved teddy bear, is not happy about it!). But with magic comes responsibility – and when Pinch is told off one too many times by her mum and dad for causing chaos, she starts to wonder if being magical is all it’s cracked up to be.
Then Pinch starts to have strange dreams, feeling like someone – something – is watching her. Surely it can’t be the strange tree, the one with bewitching red leaves, that has appeared on Tricky Dragon Lane?
When Pinch awakens one night deep in the forest – an enchanted place full of dangerous and mysterious creatures – unicorns, highway men, ghosts! – she realises that she has been trapped by an evil, ancient spirit bound to the heart of a tree. The only way Pinch can defeat this spirit is by embracing her Spark magic. The future of the magical world depends on it!
Critics Review
nReviews for Pinch Perkins and the Midsummer Cursen
u2018Brimming with adventure, enchantment and fun! A must-must-must-read!u2019
nBen Millern
'Tremendous fun: an exciting story and a magical new world for young readers to explore!'
n Lucy Strange, award-winning authorn
u2018u2026Fast-moving and lively with a large and very memorable cast of characters, and a strong sense that we are there with Pinch and Henry in the race to lift the curse. The tone is mostly light though there are some genuinely scary moments and real tension when it seems as though Pinch might be too late to save her mum. Cathy Fitzgeraldu2019s world building is very good, her imagination huge, and readers will be looking forward to Pinchu2019s next adventure!'
nBook of the Week / Books for Keeps, week of 17/6/2024n
'I really enjoyed the action, the humour and the themes of friendship and love throughout the story and was gripped by the magical world that Cathy FitzGerald had created. A sparkling debut, I hope for many more in this series pretty please because itu2019s a big, fat five stars from us.u2019
nSummer Reading round-up on the Mini Travellers blog n
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