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Once Upon a Scream

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by Vera Strange
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"I know you, that gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam..." Dawn misses the big city. Torn away from her favorite place in the world and shipped off to live with her two cooky aunts in the countryside, Dawn is miserable in her new life. While her parents see this as a chance for her to be away from the bad influences that kept getting her into trouble, Dawn sees her new dumpy town of Moorsland as a sticky and smelly prison with way too many bugs. But no one seems to care what Dawn wants, so she's stuck helping her aunts in their dusty antique shop and finishing the year out in a new school filled with mean girls. One day while cleaning some of the junk in the shop, Dawn accidentally pricks her finger on a broken spinning wheel, awakening none other than Maleficent. In exchange for keeping the spinning wheel safe, Maleficent will make sure Dawn's remaining time in Moorsland is smooth sailing. But as kids from her class start coming down with a mysterious sleeping sickness, Dawn starts to realize there is more to this deal than she imagined. And it's going to take more than just a dream for Dawn to take on the Mistress of All Evil. Grab your nightlight, dear reader, and prepare to be CHILL-ed!

  • Creators

  • Series

    Disney Chills

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 2, 2022

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781368078474

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781368078474
      • File size: 4517 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      August 15, 2022
      A drop of blood unleashes an evil fairy in this installment in a middle-grade series featuring Disney villains. Maleficent features in this updated retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" in which readers meet Dawn Flores, who's been sent to live for six months in rural Castletown after getting in trouble for helping her best friends shoplift. Sixth grader Dawn is staying in the Deep South with her married aunts, Fleur and Merry, and she dislikes everything about the countryside and misses her family, friends, and city life. Dawn soon finds herself at odds with popular classmate Leah, the mayor's daughter. Leah socially excludes and publicly humiliates Dawn, stoking her desire for revenge. While helping her aunts clean out a dusty shed of estate-sale acquisitions for Spindles 'N' Things, their antiques shop, Dawn accidentally pricks her finger on the spindle of an old spinning wheel, unleashing a frightening, evil magical force. Maleficent wants to reclaim her stolen spinning wheel, and she ensnares gullible Dawn in a scheme to help her amplify her powers. The magical tricks deployed by Maleficent include bewitching animals, casting sleeping curses, and possessing people--all while Dawn and her new friend, Phillipa, attempt to maintain control of a losing situation. Despite some tense moments, the predictable plot spins mechanically, bogged down by heavy-handed descriptive language that tells more than it shows. Dawn's shoplifting friends are brown-skinned; other cast members follow a White default. Mild scares woven from well-worn threads. (Horror. 8-12)

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