Isabel and Cloud by Julie Sykes

Author:Julie Sykes [Julie Sykes and Linda Chapman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788001656
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Published: 2018-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

It rained through the night and all of the following day. Rumours started to fly that the school was going to be evacuated. All of Isabel’s free time was taken up sorting books for Ms Nettles.

“It’s a horrid job,” she moaned to Scarlett as they parted company by the stairs. “The books are dusty and they stink.”

Scarlett shuddered. “Ugh! Watch out for book beetles! My uncle had them and they nibbled everything.” Her eyes lit up. “If you find one, catch it and put it in Valentina’s bed!”

Isabel reluctantly shook her head. “No way. I’m in too much trouble already. No more pranks for me.”

Isabel didn’t waste time and worked quickly, putting the good books into one pile and the others into the bin. One dusty book, with a dark-green leather cover, caught Isabel’s eye. It was much thicker than the rest and she needed both hands to lift it. As Isabel blew the dust away, she felt a tickle. A large brown beetle with yellow and black spots scuttled from the book and on to her hand.

“Ew! Get off!” Isabel tossed the book on to the floor but the beetle clung to her hand, its antennae waving frantically.

“Eek!” Isabel accidentally kicked the book open as she danced about. The beetle scurried off and Isabel bent to pick up the book. The pages were covered with small holes. Remembering what Scarlett had said about book beetles, she stared at the holes suspiciously. A chapter title leapt out at her.

Using Rain Seeds to Cause a Flood.

A flood! Isabel glanced out of the window where the rain was pouring down and her heart raced. Could the terrible rainstorm at the academy be caused by rain seeds?

She read on.

Rain seeds can be used to make rain fall. They are tiny blue pearls that can only be found in the deep sea. They are mostly used to create rain in areas suffering a drought. However, they can also be infused with dark magic, which results in the rain becoming excessive.

If a stone is taken from a lake or river and placed with enchanted rain seeds next to an ocean, then excessive rain will fall continuously on the original lake or stream. This spell will work most effectively if the rain seeds are placed next to the ocean on the…

Here the page was covered with holes and crumpled from when Isabel had dropped and kicked the book. She skipped over it and carried on reading.

To undo a dark spell, the rain seeds and the stone must be taken to the place of rain, put in a puddle and breathed on by a unicorn. The bad magic will drain away and the rain will immediately stop.

Isabel read the passage again. The best ocean for the spell to work was where? She smoothed the paper, in the hope that she could read the rest of the sentence, when the page underneath rustled and another beetle jumped out. Isabel yelped in surprise and let go. There was a ripping sound and she was left holding the remains of the page on rain seeds in her hand.

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