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Mr Majeika uses magical trickery both to enliven lessons and to deal with difficult behaviour.
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Humphrey Carpenter - Author
A playful school fantasy where a wizard-teacher uses magic to enliven lessons and manage disruption. Comedy, classroom mischief and recurring magical characters appear central to the book’s appeal.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA playful school fantasy where a wizard-teacher uses magic to enliven lessons and manage disruption. Comedy, classroom mischief and recurring magical characters appear central to the book’s appeal.
Mr Majeika uses magical trickery both to enliven lessons and to deal with difficult behaviour.
Ordinary lessons and school routines become unusual through flying, magical transformations and other tricks.
Hamish Bigmore is described as exceptionally unpleasant, and magic turns him into a frog for insolence. Consider whether the humour makes this consequence feel fair, frightening or simply part of the fantasy.
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