Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures (Pip Bartlett #1)

by Stiefvater, Maggie; Pearce, Jackson

• ISBN13: 9780545709262
• ISBN10: 0545709261
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-04-28
• Publisher: Scholastic Press

Summary

From bestselling authors Maggie Stiefvater and Jackson Pearce comes an exciting new series full of magical creatures, whimsical adventures, and quirky illustrations.

Here's a list of things Pip Bartlett can talk to:UnicornsMiniature Silky GriffinsBitterflunksBasically, all magical creaturesHere's a list of things she can't talk to (at least, not very well):ParentsTeachersBasically, all peopleBecause of a Unicorn Incident at her school (it was an accident!), Pip is spending the summer with her Aunt Emma at the Cloverton Clinic for Magical Creatures. At first, it's all fun, games, and chatting with Hobgrackles, but when Fuzzles appear and start bursting into flame at the worst possible places, Pip and her new friend Tomas must take action. Because if the mystery of the Fuzzles isn't solved soon, both magical and unmagical creatures are going to be in a hot mess of trouble.

Author Biography

Maggie Stiefvater is the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the novels SHIVER, LINGER, FOREVER, and SINNER. Her novel THE SCORPIO RACES was awarded a Printz Honor, and the first two novels in The Raven Cycle, THE RAVEN BOYS and THE DREAM THIEVES, each received five starred reviews and were named to numberous best-of-the-year lists. She is also the author of LAMENT: THE FAERIE QUEEN'S DECEPTION and BALLAD: A GATHERING OF FAERIE. Maggie lives in Virginia with her husband and their two children. You can visit her online at www.maggiestiefvater.com.

 

Jackson Pearce lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with a slightly cross-eyed cat and a lot of secondhand furniture. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in English and a minor in Philosophy. She auditioned for the circus once, but didn't make it; other jobs she's had include obituaries writer, biker bar waitress, and receptionist.

 

Jackson is the author of a series of retold fairytales, including SISTERS RED, SWEETLY, FATHOMLESS, and COLD SPELL, as well as two standalones, AS YOU WISH and PURITY. As J. Nelle Patrick, she is the author of TSARINA.