ALA Booklist (Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 CDT 2004)

In this sequel to Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2003), 11-year-old Molly's search for identity leads her to Hollywood, where she uses her incredible hypnotic skills to try to countermand an evil billionaire's wicked scheme to take over the world. The fast-paced, humorous plot takes a thrill-a-minute ride through the glamour and glitz of the movie industry. Molly's ability to stop time involves her in unpredictable escapades and nasty surprises. Higgins' crisp British-laced reading is magical. She is equally adept at sounding like upper-crust nobs and cockney orphans or Hollywood phonies. Higgins also portrays both kids and adults with delightful versatility. A gripping adventure tale.

Horn Book (Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2004)

The heroine of Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism returns in a sprawling adventure. Here Molly's destination is Los Angeles, where she attends the Academy Awards, investigates a kidnapping, discovers she can stop time with her hypnotic powers, and learns the secret of her parentage. Purposefully preposterous, the busy story is filled with larger-than-life characters and comic dialogue.

Kirkus Reviews

Molly Moon's back, ready to save the world in this much-improved sequel to Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2003). Molly and the children of Happiness House orphanage have been living splendidly since Molly returned wealthy from her American adventure and hypnotized all the unpleasant adults into kindness. Now Molly's old friend, hypnotist librarian Lucy Logan, has a dangerous quest for her. Swathed head-to-toe in bandages from a mysterious accident, Lucy describes a terrible tale of hypnotized media personalities compelled into celebrity endorsements. With the wealth from his endorsed products, Lucy explains, wicked Primo Cell might soon rule the world. Molly must head back to America to stop Cell's dastardly plot. In Hollywood, Molly discovers that both she and Cell have power to stop time, and she must use her newfound power to prevent him from becoming president. Chock-full of classic B-movie adventure—from shocking revelations of parentage to a deus ex machina escape from an overly elaborate evil-genius deathtrap: an enjoyable over-the-top page-turner. (Fiction. 8-13)

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

"The author offers more hypnotic high jinks in this sequel to <EMPHASIS TYPE=""ITALIC"">Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism," according to <EMPHASIS TYPE=""ITALIC"">PW. "This time, Molly travels to Los Angeles to stop a powerful hypnotist businessman who is trying to take over Hollywood-and then the world." Ages 8-12. <EMPHASIS TYPE=""ITALIC"">(Apr.)

School Library Journal

Gr 4-6-A lighthearted sequel to Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism (HarperCollins, 2003). In this adventure, Molly discovers from her mentor Lucy Logan that a man named Primo Cell is trying to take over the world and that she is the only one who can stop him. The girl goes to California, gets into the Academy Awards, swanky Hollywood parties, and more, all in an effort to discover how to stop Cell. She finds out that he has mastered the art of casting permanent hypnotic spells and must find out how to break them before he becomes president of the U.S. Readers are likely to enjoy this fun fantasy; as long as they don't delve too deeply, they won't notice the contrivances and the many holes in the story. This title will appeal to fans of the first story and may garner a few new ones-if they are willing to turn off their reality buttons.-Saleena L. Davidson, South Brunswick Public Library, Monmouth Junction, NJ Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.