Product Description

What if there were a place where you could get magical candy? Moon rocks that made you feel weightless. Jawbreakers that made you unbreakable. Or candy that gave animals temporary human intelligence and communication skills. (Imagine what your pet would say!) Four young friends, Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon, are befriended by Belinda White, the owner of a new candy shop on Main Street. However, the gray-haired, grandmotherly Mrs. White is not an ordinary candy maker. Her confections have magical side effects. Purposefully, she invites the kids on a special mission to retrieve a hidden talisman under Mt. Diablo Elementary School. However, Mrs. White is not the only magician in town in search of the ancient artifact rumored to be a fountain of youth. She is aware that Mr. Stott, the not-so-ordinary ice cream truck driver, has a few tricks of his own.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9874 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-11
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 358 pages

About the Author
Brandon Mull still lives on the side of a mountain above a prison with his wife and two children. He travels the country visiting schools, promoting literacy, and sharing his message that "Imagination Can Take You Places." After the success of Fablehaven, Brandon is thrilled to be writing novels full-time

Customer Reviews

Another author drags some magic out of the simplicty of candy.
It has been decades since a book about candy (Here I refer to the great Roald Dahl) has entertained me so much! True to the form and tradition of intense imagination comes this little gem of a novel, a story of not only candy, but friendship, bravery, maniacally wild fantasy, and plenty of self-discovery.

The children of this book are all very distinct as characters, though the adults also can hold their own (you really don't see such a thing all that much anymore, tragically). What begins as innocently as going to a new shop turns into a brilliant fantasy that exceeds the imagination.

Mull writes with devotion to his characters--these are people he truly loves, and the characters spring to life as few characters do. The writing is crisp, but enchanting while being very much in the real world--save that darn enchanted candy shop.

It is amazing that someone can make such an intense fantasy out of as something as simple as a candy shop.

But hey, here it is done.

4th Grade Class Top Ten Winner
This book review is for The Candy Shop War. The author is Brandon Mull. The genre is fantasy.
Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon just found out about a new candy shop called The Sweet Tooth. They find out that the owner is Miss White, a magical witch. She bribes the kids with magical candy to go on missions so she can take over the world. Somehow time gets mixed up. Will she take over the world? Read to find out.
We think the author's message is that sometimes when you think you are not brave, you really are. Another message is you should believe in yourself and your friends. This book is on our top 10 list because it takes you on an adventure of friendship and hardcore magic. This is such a magical book.

SFC 5 star review
Brandon Mull, the author of Fablehaven, has done it again with his latest book, The Candy Shop Wars.

Nate is the new kid in Colson, CA. He becomes a member of the Blue Falcons, a club his new friends: Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon started a few years ago. The idea of the club was to seek treasure, but they never found any. The four friends meet a grandmotherly lady named Mrs. White who runs the new candy shop in town . . . The Sweet tooth Ice Cream and Candy Shoppe. The children just can't get enough of Mrs. White's confections and are more than willing to help Mrs. White around her store in exchange for her wonderful magic candy.

The children also learn that Mr. Stott, the ice cream truck driver, also has a few magical treats of his own. But who are the kids to trust? They've never met anyone who could make magic candy before. And what about the strange man in the overcoat that always seems to be around when the children are on a mission for Mrs. White?

Children will find themselves deeper in the mystery and danger with Nate and his friends as the story unfolds; revealing rock candy that makes you weightless, jawbreakers that make you unbreakable, kibble that allows you to talk to animals, gum that gives you speed and agility, and many other types of candies with special abilities.

Will Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon discover what these magical strangers are after? What legendary hidden treasure is hidden in the town of Colson? Are Nate and his friends in over their heads?

This fun, lively and sweet tooth adventure teaches children of all ages to be careful who to trust when candy is involved. Even the nicest of people are not always what they seem and sometimes taking candy from those we know isn't always a safe bet.

Children will learn to trust in their friends and to listen to that small voice in their heads when something sounds too good to be true . . . mostly likely it is!