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"After Mr. and Mrs. Potward stop Lizzie Sharp's thirteenth birthday party with their complaining, Lizzie tries using witchcraft to banish her insufferable neighbors. With the help of her brothers, practical Dan and imaginative Max, Lizzie creates a magic potion out of pepper and rabbit droppings and sprinkles it around the Potwards' garden, forming a "Circle of Doom." To everyone's surprise, the following day Mrs. Potward breaks her hip and the couple moves away.
Convinced she has magic powers, Lizzie makes more potions with the help of Max, who loves the attention he receives from being a "Witch's Assistant." Unlike his siblings who socialize at school or over the Internet, Max is bullied at school and must create an imaginary family to ease his loneliness. But when Max accidentally breaks his brother's model plane, a vengeful Dan has Lizzie create a potion to destroy Max's imaginary family. Hurt and saddened, Max refuses to talk to his siblings until Lizzie creates another potion for Max -- with unexpected results.
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Michael Jung, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- humorous
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- magical issues
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Age 7-10
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- grade school
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- wild
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Unusual Style:
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- mostly dialog
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