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The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls | 
 enlarge | Creator: Elise Primavera
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 35303
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0060569484
EAN: 9780060569488
ASIN: 0060569484
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Product Description
Franny longs for adventure but can't even do a cartwheel. Pru can do a cartwheel but prefers hiding under her quilt making up safety tips. Cat has no use for safety tips but supposedly has ESP. And Ivy has had a seven-year string of bad luck—a Jinx that's about to get a whole lot worse. The four are thrown together when a pair of mysterious ruby red slippers turn up, along with the fashionably mad Cha-Cha Staccato, who bears a frightening resemblance to a certain wicked witch. . . . As hilarious as it is original, The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls is an unforgettable take on girlhood, piano recitals, The Wizard of Oz, and the dependable everyday magic of true friendship.
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 Very funny and strange September 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was REALLy wierd and great. It mentions Oz and it has talking potatos and jars of toenail clipping in it. My friend recomended it to me. Not enough people have heard of it!!!!!!!
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 Sensitive readers, be forewarned! September 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My almost-seven-year old voracious reader rips through books like a hot knife through butter. She loved the Baum Oz books, and I thought the Gumm Street Girls would be perfect (she adored the Penderwicks books, Elizabeth Enright's books, the All-of-a-Kind Family series...) but in chapter two, when a character sitting next to her mother looks into the mirror and sees her mother's face morph, terrifyingly, into a monstrous Other before the mirror shatters, my kid let out an unearthly wail and we were DONE. She barely slept that night! (It *was* pretty scary.) So if your kid is a delicate flower, skip this.
Really really enjoyable October 11, 2007
I was searching for a gift for my niece when the cover of this book caught my eye. I picked it up and, well, couldn't put it down. The story, which uses The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a springboard, is about four girls who live on the same street but are in no way friends, although they are thrown together in a fight against the wicked witch Cha Cha Staccato, who will do anything to lay her hands on a certain pair of silver slippers.... The four girls end up in Spoz, then in Spudz, then in Ooze, before their adventures finally bring them back to Gumm Street -- yes, as friends. And with a little something extra besides.
The story moves quickly, with surprises coming at you in every chapter, and is both engaging and humorous in the telling. There are a number of details for adults to pick up on as well: there are also ruby slippers involved in the story as well as silver; the ruby slippers were worn in the movie by Judy Garland; Judy Garland's real name was Frances Gumm and one of the girls is actually named Franny, while all four of them live on Gumm Street. And so on.
It's a lot of fun to read with an eight-year-old -- although most of them, I find, can't wait for their bedtime chapter and finish it on their own!
 The Best Book In the World (Atlanta, GA) August 10, 2007
The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls is a fantastic book! When I borrowed it from my local library I couldn't put it down. It shows a lot of imagination, friendship, and teamwork. The sequel is yet to be another good one. After I read it, I started to love reading. This book is perfect for anyone who likes books.
The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls June 30, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
when my mom got the book I thought it was going to be really boring but every time I read it it got so interesting that I couldn't put it down. My mom makes me read 30 min each night so I can get smarter and I'm in love with this book I'm so excited for the second one to come out I hope I'll be the first one to read it. I hope my younger sister will read it it is so,so,so,so good and I hope who ever reads it nex will love it she is a great author I wish I can meet her that is how much I love her book I'm trying to find other books she as written.
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