NIST comments:
Y7: "A very entertaining and easy to picture book."
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Collection
Publication
HarperCollins (2011), Edition: Reprint, 384 pages
Description
When a scrappy alley cat named Aldwyn passes himself off as a magical animal companion to Jack, a young wizard in training, Aldwyn and his fellow "familiars," a know-it-all blue jay and bumbling tree frog, must save the kingdom after the evil queen of Vastia kidnaps Jack and two other wizards.
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Original publication date
2010
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2013)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2013)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Honor — 2015)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 4-6 — 2014)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2013)
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2013)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee — 2013)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Winner — Grades 3-5 — 2013)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2012, 2013, 2014)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2013)
Iowa Children's Choice Award (Nominee — 2014)
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award (Honor Book — 2011)
Language
Original language
English