Pure Dead Magic: Part 6

By DEBI GLIORI

'Although Damp's derriere ought to be quite enough to put any nanny off.'

Titus followed downstairs, breathing through his mouth. He opened the kitchen door and sighed. Interviewing prospective nannies had been fun at first - introducing them to the pregnant rat, Multitudina, meeting Strega-Nonna in her deep-freeze, Tock the croc and all the other scream-inducing creatures that were part of life at StregaSchloss, but after one had watched the nannies turn pale and begin to twitch twenty times or more, the novelty and the glee began to pall. Frankly, it was boring. Nannies were boring. Frightening them was boring, and listening to them try to ingratiate themselves with the family was mega-boring.

Publisher: Random House

Price: $16. 95

Age group: 10 plus years

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