– by Logan Tuck –
My name is Logan Tuck and I am so happy to be a book review writer for Seaside Magazine. Tina, my Salish Sea School instructor at the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, got me in touch with the people at Seaside and Tanner’s Books who gave me lots of great books to choose from. I chose Heidi Heckelbeck Has a Secret by Wanda Coven.
Heidi Heckelbeck is an eight-year-old girl getting ready for her first day of regular school in grade two after being home-schooled by her mother for two years. Her little brother Henry starts kindergarten on the same day at Brewster Elementary. Heidi takes to school a secret – she’s a witch!
Heidi is nervous to be starting regular school and on her first day meets a “meanie” named Melanie and a friend named Lucy. Melanie sets out to make trouble for the new girl by casting Heidi in a bad role for the class play. Meanwhile, Lucy tries to cheer Heidi up. Heidi decides to cast a spell on Melanie that will make her forget her lines in the play. The results of the spell are in the next book of the series, Heidi Heckelbeck Casts a Spell.
I loved the book because I got to share Heidi’s witchy secret with her. I like the way Heidi was able to fit in at school, make friends, and deal with “meanies” like Melanie. Heidi Heckelbeck Has a Secret was a fun read and I would definitely recommend it to other girls who are starting to enjoy chapter books. There are 11 books in the Heidi Heckelbeck series by Wanda Coven, all with cute illustrations by Priscilla Burris. I look forward to reading them all!
New Releases – Available at Tanner’s Books:
Graves of Ice by John Wilson (I Am Canada Series)
123 versus ABC by Mike Boldt
Fly Guy Presents Dinosaurs by Tedd Arnold
Looks Like Daylight by Deborah Ellis
Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day is Cool by Kimberly and James Dean
Brady Brady All-Star Hockey Collection
by Mary Shaw and Chuck Temple
We Shall Overcome by Debbie Levy
Nail Style Studio by Eva Steele-Saccio
The Very Brave Bear by Nick Bland
How to Build a Hovercraft by Stephen Voltz and Fritz Grobe
