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215 pp.
| Candlewick |
August, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-1935-3$$15.99
(4)
4-6
Illustrated by
Tony Auth.
With his parents out of town, eleven-year-old Duncan gets to know his visiting uncle Dudley, who has an interest in "arcane sciences and practices." A magic spell turns the next-door neighbor into a statue, a recipe conjures up goblins, and a love potion causes romantic mayhem in a generally amusing, but rather randomly plotted novel, illustrated with cartoonlike art.