{"id":364,"date":"2013-11-20T00:22:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T08:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=364"},"modified":"2015-06-22T18:06:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T01:06:04","slug":"the-sweetest-spell-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2013\/the-sweetest-spell-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sweetest Spell &#8212; Teen Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;review by Stacia, teen reviewer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.pasadenapubliclibrary.net\/ipac20\/ipac.jsp?session=1384I0E346P83.24437&amp;profile=pcent&amp;source=~!horizon&amp;view=subscriptionsummary&amp;uri=full=3100001~!864482~!1&amp;ri=1&amp;aspect=subtab129&amp;menu=search&amp;ipp=20&amp;spp=20&amp;staffonly=&amp;term=sweetest+spell&amp;index=.GW&amp;uindex=&amp;aspect=subtab129&amp;menu=search&amp;ri=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.aspx?type=xw12&amp;isbn=0802723764\/LC.GIF&amp;client=pasap&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>The Sweetest Spell<\/em> by Suzanne Selfors<\/h2>\n<p>Scorned in her Flatlands village because of a deformed foot, Emmeline Thistle&#8217;s life changes when she is taken in by Wanderlands dairy farmers and discovers her magical ability to make chocolate, which is more precious and rare than gold or jewels in the kingdom of Anglund.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Review:<\/p>\n<p>The Sweetest Spell is a story about an unwanted girl that was supposed to be cast aside at birth (but is found and got sent back to her family), a boy about the same age that comes from a totally different background, and the troubles that come with finding each other. \u00a0I love it because it shows both sides of this wonderful love story. \u00a0I usually don&#8217;t like books that follow more than one character, but this kept me interested through to the end! \u00a0The story has a lot of twists that makes the reader keep guessing how it is going to end&#8230; \u00a0And what saves them both is the gift of chocolate. &#8211;Stacia, teen reviewer<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find the book in our library: <a href=\"http:\/\/pgpl-mt.iii.com\/iii\/encore_pasadena\/record\/C__Rb1467510__SThe%20Sweetest%20Spell__Orightresult__U__X6?lang=eng&amp;suite=pasadena\">The Sweetest Spell<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;review by Stacia, teen reviewer The Sweetest Spell by Suzanne Selfors Scorned in her Flatlands village because of a deformed foot, Emmeline Thistle&#8217;s life changes when she is taken in by Wanderlands dairy farmers and discovers her magical ability to make chocolate, which is more precious and rare than gold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teen-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2013\/11\/the-sweetest-spell.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-5S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7524,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2024\/spell-hacker-teen-book-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":364,"position":0},"title":"Spell Hacker &#8211; Teen Book Review","author":"Nathan Wang","date":"January 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Reviewed by Hailey Chen, age 16 Spell Hacker\u00a0by M.K England Diz is like any other 18-year-old girl her age living in Kyrkarta. 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