Bad and Glittering (Victoria Stitch #1)

by Harriet Muncaster (Author)

Bad and Glittering (Victoria Stitch #1)
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
Series: Victoria Stitch

The first entry in a glittering, gothic middle-grade series from the bestselling author of Isadora Moon books. Victoria Stitch will stop at nothing in her quest for power . . .

'The crystal keeper gazed around him at the shards of impure crystal, glittering furiously on the floor, and shivered with a terrible sense of foreboding.'

Twins Victoria Stitch and Celestine are denied their royal birth-right. Celestine accepts the decision with good grace, but Victoria Stitch is consumed with her obsession for power. The twins are like moonlight and sunshine - could it be possible to break free of the role you have been given, rewrite your story, and change your own destiny?

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Review quotes

"This absorbing miniature melodrama is full of fraught sibling fondness between sweet, gentle Celestine and the marvellously ambitious and snooty Victoria, with Muncaster's own enticing illustrations." —The Guardian

"Packed full of gothic glam and with a hefty dose of sparkles and glitter, Victoria Stitch is a fabulous anti-heroine who will appeal to young witchy fans of Muncaster's Isadora Moon or Laura Ellen Anderson's Amelia Fang. Harriet Muncaster's irresistible elfin illustrations run throughout, from the deliciously mean Ursuline to the sweetness-and-light Celestine. Expect a lot of Victoria Stitches on the doorstep come Halloween." —BookTrust

"Any reader who fell for Isadora Moon and is ready for something a bit longer and rather darker, will surely love Harriet's new gothic fantasy. The illustrations are simply divine especially as Victoria Stitch with her funky, pointy toed, heeled boots is a fashionista who loves to strut her stuff in melodramatic wiskling style as befits the superbly woven, absorbing narrative. To enter Wiskling Wood is utter enchantment every step of the way." —Red Reading Hub
Harriet Muncaster
Harriet Muncaster is the author and illustrator of the internationally bestselling Isadora Moon series as well as two related series: Mirabelle and Emerald, and the stunning middle-grade trilogy Victoria Stitch. Harriet lives with her husband and daughter near some beautiful countryside in Bedfordshire, England.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780192773579
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Oxford Children's
Publication date
February 20, 2024
Series
Victoria Stitch
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV048000 - Juvenile Fiction | Clothing & Dress
JUV012030 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | General
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
Library of Congress categories
Magic
Sisters
Fantasy fiction
Twins
Children's stories
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Twin sisters
Self-actualization

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