Dalya and the Magic Ink Bottle

Evenson, J.M.

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Annotation: In Istanbul with her father, twelve-year-old Dalya's wish turns her into a cat and sends her to 1907, where she meets an ancestor and uncovers a family secret, aided by animal friends.

Genre: [Science fiction] [Animal fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #240580

Format: Publisher's Hardcover

Publisher: Capstone Editions

Edition Date: 2020 Release Date: 08/01/20

Pages: 197 pages

ISBN: 1-684-46130-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-684-46130-1

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2020000991

Dimensions: 22 cm

Subject Heading:
Wishes. Fiction.
Cats. Fiction.
Time travel. Fiction.
Magic. Fiction.
Animals. Fiction.
Fathers and daughters. Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey). History. 20th century. Fiction.
Turkey. History. 1878-1909. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 46,667

Reading Level: 4.6

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.6 / points: 7.0 / quiz: 509746 / grade: Middle Grades

Lexile: 670L

Guided Reading Level: T

Fountas & Pinnell: T

When twelve-year-old Dalya is dragged to Istanbul to help sell her family's ancestral home, the visit begins unpromisingly. Most of the aged mansion is off-limits because it's falling apart, her father is ignoring her, and her great aunt keeps prattling on about a family curse. Despite warnings against it, Dalya tiptoes upstairs, where she finds an old bottle of magic ink hidden under a floorboard. She asks the bottle's jinn (aka genie) to grant her a simple wish...to send her home. Except the jinn interprets "go home" to mean "send me back in time and turn me into a cat." Then Dalya must set off on a wild adventure through Istanbul's animal underworld to find the jinn with the power to set things right.

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