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The Windvale Sprites)] [By (author) Mackenzie Crook [(The Windvale Sprites)] [By (author) Mackenzie Crook

One day I will be remembered as the greatest scientist that the world has ever known and so it is my duty to mankind to record my thoughts that future generations are able to study the progress of a genius.

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A creature that looks very like a fairy. Do fairies really exist? Asa embarks on a mission to find out. A mission that leads him to the lost journals of local eccentric Benjamin Tooth who, two hundred years earlier, claimed to have discovered the existence of fairies. What Asa reads in those journals takes him on a secret trip to Windvale Moor, where he discovers much more than he'd hoped to... About This Edition ISBN: I think other people should read this book because it is a really big mystery that people will be itching to uncover it when you get in to this bookBuy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. Home >

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It is a interesting read about a boy who discovers a fairy floating dead in a pond but it is not what he expected it to look like he starts be increased in these creatures more and more every day and learns about a man called Crook to.Is he the only one that doesn't know about them? This is a very magical story. It is about a curious boy called Asa Brown who finds a fairy. He is my favourite character because he wants to find out what the Windvale Sprites are and how they live. Author Guy Bass introduces SCRAP, about one robot who tried to protect the humans on his planet against an army of robots. Now the humans need his... Also loved the illustrations, as they reminded me of the Squashed Fairy book and Brian Frouds goblin companion (which I may have to reaquire 🤣) There is also plenty to grab the mature reader's attention. Little jokes like the passing mention of a place called Cottingley (the famous early 20th-century faked fairy photos from the real Cottingley village even fooled Arthur Conan Doyle) and an oblique hint about Terry Jones' Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book; the author's own remimiscences of The Great Storm of 1987 which devastated a huge swathe of southern Britain, and a grownup's natural curiosity as to how Asa will explain lying about going on a projected school trip. (Crook will sidestep the consequences of Asa's escapade by subsequently penning The Lost Journals of Benjamin Tooth, set two centuries before.)What a truly wonderful book! Beautifully and engagingly written and with quirky illustrations. A joy! There are passages in the book which describe cruelty towards the sprites which I would be wary of reading to younger children, which is to say that this book has some depth to it. It makes complete sense in terms of the characters but this is not just a sweet book about fairies. Funny, thought-provoking, and moving. Recommended! Mad Scientist: Why do scientists always get a bad press? Why is Asa the hero? Why not Benjamin Tooth the alchemist? Just once, I'd like to read a book where a scientist doesn't make a mistake and cause a plague, or breed a herd of man eating dinosaurs, or blow the world up. Just once, I'd like the scientist to be the hero and save the day. Just the other day, for example, I was on a beach and spotted a venomous snake. But because I was a scientist, I was able to identify the snake and alert everyone. Just think, if I hadn't been there... These are the recently discovered journals of Benjamin Tooth: alchemist, inventor and discoverer of the Windvale sprites. They chronicle his journey of scientific discovery from pompous boy to mad old man in his pursuit of the sprites on Windvale Moor. The sprites hold the key to eternal life, and Tooth is determined to capture it. After a huge storm, Asa Brown finds something strange in his garden pond. It looks and moves a bit like a dragonfly, but on closer inspection Asa sees it is something much more extraordinary: a creature he had read about in books, but didn't believe they actually existed! This book is a lovely, light-hearted read that I am certain children of many ages would really enjoy. It is shrouded in mystery and magic and is simply a cute tale that was hard not to find entertaining. There was humour laced with the story as well and I just believe it was a lovely and wonderful book, which is good when you just want to escape for a little while.