The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Kennemore, Tim , Kennemore, Tim

Circle of Doom

203 pp. | Farrar | May, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-374-31284-2 $$16.00

(1) 4-6 Illustrated by Tim Archbold & Tim Archbold. Lizzie, fed up with her family's bad-tempered neighbors, stirs up a potion in hopes of getting rid of them. Her more practical younger brother Dan is startled by the spell's seeming success, while youngest child Max believes in the magic wholeheartedly. The tart sense of humor and likably unconventional characters place this funny British story squarely on the shelf next to Hilary McKay's family novels.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2003