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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Tasha for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>Just above the town of Fracture lies a ghastly castle with an even ghastlier occupant, Lady Lamorna, who is just plain freaky. Her latest wish is a magnificent black velvet gown that is studded with skulls. When she goes to pay for it she finds that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25794679">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[  The abundant silver skulls on the cover of this book might make me wonder about its appropriateness for an elementary audience were it not for the fact that I have first grade princesses wearing pink shirts with rhinestone-studded skulls on them.  It is the tall figure of Lady Lamorna on the cover...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78148212">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm nearly finished with this fast-paced read from Candlewick Press.<br/><br/>Vivian French is a fabulous writer and the plot, characters and even the names of the people and places come together superbly to create a believable fantasy world of sorcerers, wizards, goblins and laugh-out-loud situat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26305184">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite it's sinister title, this is a book that is appropriate for 9 yrs plus.<br/>Good wins over evil, but the worst evil is a sorceress who turns princes into frogs and a beautiful girl that is actually part werewolf who is not nice to her step-sister, Gracie.<br/>Plot summary:<br/>Evil sorcer...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58296973">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Trouble is brewing in the first book of the Tales from the Five Kingdoms series.</strong><br/><br/>The sorceress Lady Lamorna wants a skull-studded gown of deep black velvet but finds her treasure chest empty of gold. That doesn't stop her from kidnapping, blackmailing, and using more than a little magic to get what she needs. Will all her best-laid plans be foiled by the heroic Gracie Gillypot, two chatty bats, a gallant (if rather scruffy) prince, the wickedest stepsister ever, a troll with a grudge, and some very Ancient Crones?<br/><br/><em>The Robe of Skulls</em> is an exuberant, fast-moving, and wildy entertaining tale with a cast of characters who are good, bad, and very, very ugly.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a fun story! This reminded me of a Disney movie, with broad caricatures for characters (the main baddie could almost be Cruella deVil!) and witty dialogue, and narrow escapes. Lady Lamorna (that baddie I mentioned) is a sorceress who wants a new dress--a dress of black velvet with skulls and sp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26864402">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sooo fun.  The audience for this book is probably middle to jr. high.  This book combines all the best characters from fairy tales into a new story that flows, is engaging, funny, and hopeful.  A sorceress doesn't have enough money to pay for the elaborate robe she has ordered from the Ancient Crone...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30908498">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this one up for the delightfully Halloween-ish cover. Plus the fact that the whole plot revolves around an evil sorceress who is doing all her evil in pursuit of an awesome dress, which- come on- is a good premise.<br/><br/>Good things: the Tim Burton-y fantasy world that the author creat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32717662">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An absolute delight to read! I can see this story very successfully being made into a very fun, exciting and creative film - without any extra embellishments. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32157.Vivian_French" title="Vivian French">Vivian French</a> has created a wonderfully engaging fairy tale, replete with a sad, sweet young girl and evil stepsister, an evil sorceress (wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55271936">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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