Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism: Summary and book reviews of Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng, plus links to an excerpt from Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism and a biography of Georgia Byng.

Orphan Molly Moon hates living in Hardwick House. For starters, the orphanage is run by hairy-faced Miss Adderstone, who makes Molly clean the toilets with her toothbrush. Mean Hazel Hackersly torments her and to make matters worse, Molly's best friend Rocky has just been adopted and is moving to New York City! But when Molly stumbles upon a mysterious old book on hypnotism her world is suddenly turned upside down. With a dazzling flash of her bright green eyes, she discovers that she has the amazing power to make people do things – crazy things. There's nothing holding Molly back now, and what better place to begin her adventures than in spectacular New York City as a Broadway superstar? What Molly doesn't know is that a sinister stranger is following her with dastardly plans of his own...

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Bottom-line is it's just a fun-filled, wacky read. The plot's a little sketchy in places, but that really doesn't matter.  

Media Reviews

Kirkus Reviews Molly's solutions to problems are amusing and all evil is redeemed. The salvation of archetypically evil (and archetypically disgusting) villains is dissatisfying in a tale that seems otherwise to be drawing on Roald Dahl and Lemony Snickett. Clumsy, but amusing. (Fiction. 8-11)   Publishers Weekly Byng creates a lively symphony of hilarious escapades and madcap chases by adding some unexpected nuances to the time-proven theme of the mistreated orphan....Both humor and moral lessons are played at a loud volume, reminding readers in a light-hearted way that instant success can be a burden as well as a blessing. Ages 8-12.   Amazon.com.uk A fabulous jaunty novel.   Vogue Molly Moon is the sort of adventure story that will have adults and children alike scrabbling for the second volume…   The Independent A mesmerising tale of wish-fulfillment.   The Sunday Times Spellbinding reading.   The Daily Telegraph Another challenger for the crowns of JK Rowling and Philip Pullman!

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by Sensei Mutton
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
This is a great book. There is a whole series to it, and I'm starting on the 2nd book soon!

Rated of 5 by Hailey
Molly Moon's incredible book of Hypnotism, really is incredible!
This book is amazing! I couldn't put the book down! The problems are well thought out. That's why I totally, give this book a five and two thumbs up!

Rated of 5 by cheetahgirl 101
THIS IS AN AWESOME BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When my friends told me this book rocked i thought it would just be another strange book that they said was good but the minute I started reading it I could not put it down! This book is definitely in my top ten i cant wait to read number 2! Also...   Read More

Rated of 5 by clawz
greatness
The greatness of this book is its very real it instantly grabs the reader and has a death grip until the last page, in which it gives them a nice pat on the head sending them out to scour the globe to try to find a better piece of literature. It...   Read More

Rated of 5 by kayla
OMG!
I got this book from my school library. I was amazed. At first Iwas only reading it because I thought it looked weird but OMG! Was it awesome or not? I love reading!

Rated of 5 by Bekah
Georgia Byng can really tell the futchre!
I really, really enjoyed all the Molly Moon's and I highly recomend them. But I'd just like to say, in this book, in the year 2500, Princess Fang says "There was a disease that wiped out lots of the humans" and right now, there kind of...   Read More

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