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The Traveling Restaurant
Jasper's Voyage in Three Parts
By ELSE, Barbara
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–7—Many years ago, a Great Accident caused magic to vanish from the Kingdom of Fontania. Ever since, its Provisional Monarch, the beauty-obsessed Lady Gall, has punished anyone who dared speak the forbidden "m-word." Jasper Ludlow, 12, is the one who will end her tyrannical reign and restore magic to the land. Shortly after he witnesses Lady Gall trying...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2012
When Lady Gall, the evil Provisional Monarch of Fontania, tries to poison Jasper’s little sister, he and his family flee by ship, but thanks to his scapegrace uncle, Trump, Jasper is left behind on the dock. Boarding an odd, nearly circular vessel that bills itself as the Traveling Restaurant, Jasper initially hides out from Lady Gall’s soldiers by helping the Restaurant’s curmudgeonly captain, Dr. Rocket, and snappish crewmem...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Escaping evil Lady Gall, Jasper's family flees by ship, mistakenly leaving him behind. Boarding an odd vessel called the <i>Traveling...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
