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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First picture book edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This enchanting picture book introduces the beloved author to a new generation of readers, encouraging them to count from one to ten and back again as they watch the magic unfold before their very eyes.
24) Mr. Mystery
Author
Series
Usborne very first reading volume 15
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A magician gives a spectacular final performance after deciding to retire. The fifteenth in a series of 15 rhyming stories developed to help children learn to read. Each book is designed for an adult and child to read together and introduces new letters or reading patterns and reinforces material from previous books. Includes puzzles to reinforce new skills, and guidance notes on reading with children.
Author
Series
Wiedźmin volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
Description
Geralt de Riv, a witcher, uses his vast sorcerous powers to hunt down the monsters that threaten the world, but he soon discovers that not every monstrous-looking creature is evil, and not everything beautiful is good.
26) The pawn
Author
Series
Bowers files volume 1
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Special Agent Patrick Bowers had only met one man who made him truly afraid. Until now. When he's called to North Carolina to consult on the case of an area serial killer, he finds himself in a deadly game. Cunning and lethal, the killer is always one step ahead of the law, and he's about to strike again. It will take all of Bowers's instincts and training to stop this man who calls himself the Illusionist. And just when the pieces start to come together,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this sparkling debut, magic and mayhem clash with the British elite ... The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, one of the most respected organizations throughout all of England, has long been tasked with maintaining magic within His Majesty's lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen into disgrace, naming an altogether unsuitable gentleman--a freed slave who doesn't even have a familiar--as their Sorcerer Royal, and allowing...
30) The last unicorn
Language
English
Description
A unicorn, believing herself to be the last, searches for any others of her kind, while avoiding the malevolent Red Bull, the agent believed to have destroyed the rest of her herd. Along the way she is mistaken, ignored, attacked, and obsessed about. She finally finds help from a magician named Schmendrick and a knight named Prince Lir.
31) Here we are
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's the summer of 1959, and something magical can be witnessed at the end of the pier in beach town Brighton, England. Jack Robbins, Ronnie Deane, and Evie White are performing in a seaside variety show, starring as Jack Robinson the compere comedian, and The Great Pablo and Eve: a magic act. By the end of the summer, Evie's glinting engagement ring will be flung to the bottom of the ocean and one of the trifecta will vanish forever. All three friends...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the sequel to the "captivating"* Zig Zag Girl, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto hunt for a killer after two children are murdered in a tragic tableau of a very grim fairy tale. *Wall Street Journal It's Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about a local production of Aladdin, starring the marvelous Max Mephisto. But the holiday cheer is lost on DI Edgar Stephens. He's investigating the murder of two children, Annie and...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Description
Today is Family Fun Day at the library, and a magician named David puts on a show with his special trick--having the children pull books out of his tall hat, books that touch their deepest dreams and unlock their hopes for their future.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
510L
Physical Desc
55 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rocky is perfecting the tricks for his magic show when Judy Moody offers to be his assistant. Rocky agrees, but it turns out that Judy -- or Stella the Spectacular as she calls herself -- is the most UN-spectacular assistant ever. When she gets ketchup all over the magic rabbit, the Amazing Mr. Magic has had enough! Is Rocky's magic good enough to mend his and Judy's friendship?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place. Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.
36) Milo's hat trick
Author
Series
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
"Milo the Magnificent's magic act isn't so magnificent after all, until he meets a bear who teaches him the secret to the perfect hat trick"--
Author
Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 46
Pub. Date
1967
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frank and Joe, the Hardy boys, solve a mystery involving a magician, American secret agents, and international spy ring, and a Scottish castle.
39) City of magic
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli which reportedly contains a magical means of making money. But Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book. Then Mangus is arrested and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must find a way to secure the book, save Mangus--and themselves....
40) Now you see them
Author
Series
Publisher
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Edgar Stephens is now a Superintendent and married to former DS Emma Holmes. Magician Max Mephisto is a movie star in Hollywood, while his daughter Ruby has her own TV show. When an investigation into a string of disappearing girls starts, Emma sees her chance to get back in the action and begins an independent investigation. Then two more girls go missing--including Ruby--and Max finds himself drawn into the search.