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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1990
Gr 5-7 Typical quest fantasy combines with a science-fiction vision of worlds controlled by an omnipotent, evil genius on a possible and quite believable future Earth. Miranda, 12, has often been faulted for her overactive imagination, and no one knows if Bastable, an invisible catlike creature with whom she often converses, is just an imaginary friend, or actually a deposed king, as he claims. The gift of a snake charmer's basket from Miranda's Uncle Gerald draws Miran...Log In or Sign Up to Read More