Pure Dead Brilliant

Description

The superb third book in the Pure Dead . . . series. There's trouble brewing at StregaSchloss! When Signora Strega-Borgia invites some would-be witches to stay, weird things begin to happen. Pandora can't resist the temptation of time travel - and Titus picks up a strange and deadly computer virus. Are they falling under the witches' spell? Or is the ghost of the Strega-Borgias' past coming back to haunt them all?

Debi Gliori is the author and illustrator of many books for children, including the very popular Mr Bear series. She won the Children's Book Award picture book section, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1997. Her backlist in Doubleday/Corgi includes Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep and The Very Small. Pure Dead Magic, which introduced the Strega-Borgias, was her first novel. It was followed by Pure Dead Wicked, Pure Dead Brilliant, Deep Trouble, Deep Water and Deep Fear. Debi lives in Scotland, near Edinburgh.

Pure Dead Brilliant carries on the knockout mayhem of the series * The School Librarian * A rich comic vein - it will not disappoint fans * TES * A fantastic tale full of laughter and extraordinary events * South Wales Argus * A plot-twisting, hilarious and magical read from Gliori * Teaching and Learning * An exhilarating, entertaining read * Scotsman *