Alison Saves the Wedding

Magic Attic Club #10

by Catherine Connor, Gabriel Picart (Illustrator)

Alison finds a way to turn a crisis into an opportunity when her bike is damaged just before she was to ride it in a parade

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade, Juvenile, Adventure

72 pages, Hardcover

First published May 14, 1998

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remember liking this one as a kid. Alison was my favorite because I identified most with her. The story was a little flat to me as an adult but I guess as a kid it's not so bad.

[Panda Incognito · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this one. It can't hold a candle to Samantha Saves the Wedding, which also involves a last-minute veil disaster, but it's a cute story. Alison's platonic connection with a boy at the wedding is fun to read about, and I like how the book shows that tomboyish girls can wear fancy dresses and still be themselves.

I also just enjoy reading stories about weddings. This one doesn't have emotional impact, since Alison doesn't know anyone there and has just been whisked in for the day by the magic mirror, but it's fun to read about the wedding festivities and see the illustrations. The bride and groom had such nineties-fashionable hair!

Alison's experiences at the wedding also tie in well with the story's framing device, as she learns to make the best of a difficult situation at home. This is a solidly good entry, despite the usual suspension of disbelief issues, and I enjoyed it. It was especially fun to revisit this book from my childhood now that I have written about a lot of fictional weddings myself, and I can see why it was already down my alley as a child.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

First, for the intro to me reading Magic Attic Club, go here.

At home, the girls are practicing bike tricks for a local parade they've signed up for. Alison finds herself in trouble when she forgets her bike in the driveway after helping her little brother and Dad backs his car into the bike. Oops.

In the attic, she finds herself drawn to a frilly blue dress that isn't at all her usual style, but she gives it a try and discovers that it's a bridesmaid's dress. This isn't her kind of scene at all, but she does her best to be helpful, and manages to shoot some hoops in her formalwear all the same.

Disaster strikes when the bride's veil is ruined by a rambunctious pup, but Alison's suggestion (cutting tulle from the petticoat and attaching it to a headband) turns out to "save" the wedding. (Samantha and Gard racing across town in the rain this is not, but it sounds like a chill wedding that would probably be more fun to attend.)

Back home, Alison's dad helps her fix the bike, and since its paint job is ruined, the girls decide to all paint their bikes — in their signature colors, of course.

Want more? Here are the other Magic Attic books I've babbled about.

[Pyrate Queen · Rating 2 out of 5]

An elderly neighbor's attic becomes a transport to other locations and times for Alison, Keisha, Heather and Megan and the adventures they discover usually have a positive impact on their present day life.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lizzie: I want to give it a three because I feel like this book was not as fun as the others. All of the others that I have read so far I just want to keep reading non stop. I almost quit this book but then I thought I should at least finish it.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just really do not enjoy Alison. 3.5

[Carol Hardesty · Rating 3 out of 5]

'Alison Saves the Wedding' is probably the most down to earth of "The Magic Attic Club" stories. Alison doesn't land in a faraway place, a different time, or even the middle of some big competition. She's simply the bridesmaid at a wedding. And while the plot isn't very original, it's still handled well.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alison Saves The Wedding (Magic Attic Club #10) by Catherine Connor, Gabriel Picart - There is a chance this is the book that made me decide having kids in your wedding party made it more fun, but more chaotic! Happy Reading!

[Rivkah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like how this book taught even tomgirls can wear a dress and still be themselves.

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Allison learns she can turn a negative into a positive. In the present day the Magic Attic Club girls have a precision bike riding team.