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Well-Timed Enchantment

By: Vivian Vande Velde
Binding: Turtleback
Publisher: Demco Media
ISBN: 0606291296
ISBN-13: 9780606291293
Released: 21 Sep 2003
RRP: £7.40
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A summer vacation in France - By: ...Loggie..., 12 Oct 2003
This is the story of Deanna. Deanna has been brought along by her mother to spend the summer in France with relatives. She is not having a good time. Her mother can speak many languages, & tells Deanna that she will pick French up during the stay. Deanna doesn't & has to use gestures to talk with her relatives who only speak French.

One day when Deanna is out walking with only a cat named Oliver for company, she stumbles upon a well. Thinking it looks so much like a wishing well, she started to wish. The only problem is she doesn't know quite what she wants to wish for. Her thoughts fly instantly to the wish of her father & mother living together happily again, without a divorce. She gets no farther than "I wish..." when Oliver accidentallly causes her to drop her Mickey Mouse watch into the well. Suddenly she finds herself being pulled into the well, for it reallly is a magic well & the wishing has caused a loop-hole in time through which her watch fell. 'the Fair Folk' who tell her that she must get the watch back in 24 hours, or else it will destroy history pulled her into the well. If she doesn't complete this task she will cease to exist.

Oliver leaped into the well after seeing Deanna disappear into it. Because of Deanna's questions, the Fair Folk decide that Oliver is much smarter than Deanna & that she will need help on this quest. Then they turn Oliver into a human, & set the two off on their quest.

The reason I rated this book four stars & not five is that Deanna's attitude got on my nerves. She always assumed that she was right; that she knew exactly what was going on even when alll evidence pointed in the opposite direction.

Loggie-log-log-log

A truly enchanting read - By: , 20 Mar 1999
Have you ever wondered about the consequences of dropping your Mickey Mouse watch down an old wishing well? You can bet Deanna never did. She certainly hadn't counted on having twenty-four hours to retrieve her watch & keep history from changing. You see, the Mickey Mouse could start a cult in medieval Europe in which mice are sacred...and so prolong the plague in Europe for another couple hundred years...

Luckily, she's got a companion to help her. Her cat-turned-human, Oliver. But a cat? Against a not-so-wicked wizard, a couple of bumbling knights & a lady who is infatuated with Oliver?? You bet. Filled with numerous puns, fractured fairy tales & a medieval setting, A Well-Timed Enchantment is a light & fun read.

A lively well paced drama, with a dabble of comedy!!!! - By: , 05 Jan 1999
This book is fun & a fast read! Something that would appeal to people everywhere! The cultur that is woven in with the spell binding words give a sneak peake into the past, something that may appeal to many! a interesting blend of charechters, from a conseated Lady to a cat turned humman! A lively pace is deffinetly attrctive to readers! I deffinitly rate this book absalutly wounderful!
absolutly loved it - By: , 18 Nov 1998
I found this book on the library shelves when I was ten, & many years later I am still intrigued. A fabulous fairy-tale with plenty of facinating twists. Can't wait to own my own copy!
Did not Connect together - By: , 17 Oct 1998
Velde made an unusual but unique point of trying to alter & rewrite a mix of classic fairytales & throw it into a book. This was a very funny book, but in the ending many things did not make much sense & it seemed as though many of the chapters were in the book just to make this book longer, being more acceptable at schools & for parents.