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Sasha and the Magic Pen Paperback – August 15, 2011

by Saragine Francois (Author), Javier Duarte (Illustrator)

3.9 9 ratings

Have you ever wished you could trace a friend from your favorite story and they would magically appear? "Sasha and the Magic Pen" is a short story about a ten year old girl named Sasha who accidently discovers the true magic of a pen she found buried in the school playground. After Sasha realizes that Ursa, the friend she drew from the story will not only vanish from every book, but the story will become a reality if she does not get her friend back into the story. Young readers will be entertained and surprised as the story unfolds in a way that no one could have imagined.

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Reviewed by Jean Hall for Readers' Favorite - Here in the pages of Sasha and the Magic Pen, friends come to life. Author Saragine Francois tells a story about dreams that are fulfilled. Javier Duarte illustrates the girl's family and school life in subtle black and white. Sasha is by her own description a "nerdy" girl. She wants to fit in and have true friends. Sasha has a sister named Malia so there are parallels to the real-life Obama family in the White House. But the parallels are in name only and the characters have their own story to tell. A charming flight of fancy.

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For Renée, Fiona & Tyler
Believe in your IMAGINATION and keep your dreams ALIVE

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mirror Publishing (August 15, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 64 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1612250718
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1612250717
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.52 x 0.13 x 9.25 inches

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Saragine Francois (www.saragine.com) graduated with a Master's Degree in Literacy at Dowling College. She discovered her love for writing children's books at Suffolk Community College where she earned her Associate's Degree in Arts and her Bachelor's Degree at St. Joseph's College majoring in Child Study.

As an avid children's reader, she is passionate in engaging young minds in creating children's books that brings stories and imaginations to life. Her book titled "The White Gorilla and the Three Chimpanzees...a day from the zoo" is her first writing accomplishment. Take a peek at her novelette titled "Sasha and the Magic Pen" book trailer. She currently wrote over five books and working on her upcoming novel titled "Rusalka."

She has a creative mind, and wants to share it with the world through her books. Are you ready?

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Creative, Magical, Entertaining, Thought Provoking, and Brilliant!

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2012

Sasha and the Magic Pen is a book that will delight and entertain its readers. No matter what age you are, everyone can relate to Sasha either by personal experience or someone they know. Sasha is one of two girls within a family, who often feels alone and wishes she could have a real friend. Her favorite pastime is reading a story entitled "Friends" and she often wishes that the girl in the story could come alive and be a real friend.

Well, one day as Sasha is feeling lonely and blue in the schoolyard, she sees something shiny in the dirt. She picks it up after cleaning off the dirt and sees that it is a pen. A couple of days later as she is busy tracing the characters in "Friends" her pencil breaks so she uses the pen. As she is busy tracing it, she notices that the page is suddenly separating and in a matter of seconds, Ursa, the character out of the book is standing in front of her. She is astonished beyond belief but... she goes ahead and traces the dog, Bo. Same thing happens...

A little while later, Malia, discovers the three of them and the girls find a way to keep the two book characters hidden from the girl's mother.. and for the rest of the story be sure that you pick up your own copy of Sasha and the Magic Pen.. to find out all about the mayhem, adventure, mishaps, and final outcome of the storybook friends that came alive through Sasha and the Magic Pen.

Wonderfully illustrated and brilliantly told. Sasha and the Magic Pen

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2012

My Review: Sasha and the Magic Pen are about a little girl who wished she had friends to play with. During reading time with her mom and sister, Sasha read the story about Friends and imagined that the main character in the story Ursa, was her best friend.

On her way to school the next day, Sasha came across a shining object in the playground which turned out to be a pen. She picked the pen off the ground, and placed it in her pocket. While working on her assignment, Sasha decided to use the pen she found to trace her favorite character, Ursa. While erasing a mistake she made, she notices the image was moving and lifting itself from the paper. Standing in front of her was Ursa from the story book.

Now Sasha has to explain not only to her sister about the magic pen, who did not believe her at first, but to her mother.

What an interesting book! I enjoyed reading every page. I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. I wish Javier Duarte's illustration was in color instead of black and white. Overall, a fun and delightful book. I also love Sasha meaning of friends on page 55. I recommend this book for children ages 6-8. A MUST READ!

Disclaimer: As per FTC guidelines, I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest review. I received no monetary compensation. All opinions expressed here are mine and mine alone.