The Dreadful Future Of Blossom Culp (2001) - Plot & Excerpts
Blossom is a unique and stubborn girl with the ability to see the past. However, when she sneaks into a house her mother told her not to go to, everything goes wrong and she is sent into the future, from 1914 to present day. Though she makes a friend, everything has changed, and Blossom wants to go back home to her own time.An alright read to pass the time, though the main characters are certainly unique. Blossom's mother is a fortune-teller, and Blossom seems to be following in her mother's footsteps. The side characters are not so unique. There are themes of lies versus truth in this book, and wondering how much we actually want to know about how things will turn out.Content Warning:- Witchcraft = Blossom and her mother and kind of weird, and practice their psychic talents. Not to mention the whole time-travel.
This is the third book of Peck's Bluff City books, starring the fabulous Blossom Culp. It's also the weakest of the four. Though there are some wonderfully humorous scenes, highlighting Peck's fine comic writing, the plot and character development mostly made me scratch my head. This book, and the major characters, really needed some development before this book was written. The book had several great possibilities, mostly unrealized. This book does, however, give Madame Culp more stage time and develops her character slightly more than the preceding books. Which was, you know, pretty darn awesome.
What do You think about The Dreadful Future Of Blossom Culp (2001)?
Blossom and Alexander are entering high school, and the entire freshman class prepares a haunted house for the Halloween festival. Blossom's mother tells her not to enter the house where the festival is being held, and she's not exactly the type to obey. So she blackmails Alexander into checking out the house, and suddenly finds herself... in the future. The 1980s, befriending a boy named Jeremy who for some reason drew her Gift to him. How will she get home? Not my favorite in this series, but intriguing.
—Emily
