The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls

By Elise Primavera

Book Overview

For seven years, bad luck has followed Ivy around like a dog on a leash. And now her mother has dragged her to live in a creepy old house on Gumm Street, where the weather may be perfect but the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060569468
• ISBN13: 9780060569464
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 441 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Fun for Adults Too!

As an elementary teacher, I kept current of children's literature, and as an Oz fan of many years standing, I keep current of everything Oz. This book is great fun for anyone who enjoys Oz and actually anyone who enjoys Harry Potter!

The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls

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.

She couldn't put it down!

My eldest daughter is seven and we were having a really hard time getting her over the hump of only wanting to read the thin paperback chapter books. This book was the solution because it still had little line drawings every few pages so she didn't "feel" as if she was reading a larger hardback book. This was the transition to other, more substantial, books. And, as she said, "it was the best book EVER Mama!!" (What more endorsement do you need??)

Still reading, but love this book...

My 9 year old daughter who hates to read has quickly come to love this book and looks forward to reading together at bedtime. We are not finished yet, but look forward to finding out all the mysteries that are developing as we go along. It's a good book to read together because it's as interesting to me as to her. I'm already excited about the sequel!

Exciting, fun and funny!

I bought this book for my 8 year old daughter (who is a voracious, precocious reader) on a whim this year: I read the flyleaf and thought it sounded interesting. My daughter had read several of the Wizard of Oz books and enjoyed them. Then, as I usually do when I choose books for my children, I randomly opened the book to multiple places in the book and started to read. It was a wildly engaging read! I finally tore myself away and bought the book. My daughter read it and ADORED it. For days, she went around imitating each of the four girls (and the book's hilarious witches). She even asked if I could change my cell phone ring to go "bling bling blingy bling bling," like one of the witches' cell phones in the book (she promised me that it's because she liked the sound of it, not because she thought I resembled the witch). The book is a fast-paced read for good readers, and it's a lot of fun to read out loud. We particularly liked how Ms. Primavera stayed true to L. Frank Baum's Oz books, not confusing the famous ruby red slippers of the movies with the magic silver shoes of the books. Bravo for this novel -- we can't wait for the sequel!