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"A Small Supply of Magic on Hand For Regular Customers," is what the gold-lettering on the pawnshop's placard reads. Both excited by this advertisement and in desperate need of a miracle cure for her uncle, nine-year-old Prinda Bassett proceeds in-unknowingly setting herself up for a fantastically eccentric New Years' Eve.
About the author
Rachel Field (1894—1942) was an American novelist, poet and decorated children’s book author. Field had a prolific literary career that began with the publication of her first volume of poetry The Pointed People (1924) and ended with a posthumously published children’s book Prayer for a Child (1944) which would go on the win a Caldecott Medal in 1945. Over the course of two decades, she would publish award-winning children’s fiction such as Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1929) and Calico Bush (1931); as well as critically acclaimed literary fiction such as Time Out of Mind (1935) and And Now tomorrow (1942); enjoying critical and commercial success both in print and on the silver screen.
Summary
Written by Rachel Field, author of the Newberry Award-winning children’s book, Hitty, comes a fantastical tale of one girl’s journey into a magic pawnshop and the small adventures that lie within. On a cold New Years’ Eve night, nine-year-old Prinda Bassett ventures out into the snow in hopes of finding a cure for her dreadfully ill Uncle Oliver. Heading straight to a pawnshop that had been an object of her curiosity, Prinda is excited by two placards in the window that read, “Broomsticks Our Specialty,” and “A Small Supply of Magic On Hand For Regular Customers,” in faint gold-lettering. Going in, she is greeted by the kind witch Miss Minerva Mac Loon who agrees to make her cure—so long as she can manage the shop while Miss Minerva replenishes her magic. Accepting the terms of the agreement, Prinda takes charge as an assistant of the shop, unknowingly setting herself up for a fantastically eccentric New Years’ Eve.
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