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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
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 Magnus, and themselves....
3) See Zip zap
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple text introduce Zip, an unlucky alien magician, and his friend Bip. Includes note to parents, introduction to the book's vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.
Author
Series
Secret series volume 1
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Two eleven-year-old misfits try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.
8) Hat tricks
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A rabbit in a hat performs a magic show.
Author
Series
Teeny Houdini volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Tiny, impulsive Bessie Lee starts learning to become a magician to enter her school's talent show"--
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 22
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Join Jack and Annie as they as they meet one of the world's most famous illusionists - Harry Houdini!"--
Author
Series
Medieval mysteries (Avi) volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
Author
Series
Carmer and Grit volume 1
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Aspiring inventor and magician's apprentice Felix Carmer III is aided by Grit, a fiery, flightless faerie princess, in winning a magic competition, in exchange for him helping Grit investigate a string of faerie disappearances.
Author
Series
Chronicles of Kazam volume 2
Publisher
Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In an alternate United Kingdom, King Snodd aims to control the world by controlling magic, and only sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange, acting manager of an employment agency for sorcerers, stands between Snodd and his plans.
Author
Series
Humphrey's tiny tales volume 5
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The students of Room 26 are doing reports about the jobs they want to have when they grow up--and Humphrey the classroom pet hamster helps aspiring magician Miranda show the class about her own dream job"--
15) Poof! a bot!
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple text relate how Zip, the unlucky alien magician, zaps a bot and tells it what to do, but the bot does not listen. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.
Author
Series
Thieves of Weirdwood volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Wally Cooper and Arthur Benton, who resorted to thievery to pay off family debts, unwittingly find themselves at the center of a battle between the Fae and the mages tasked with protecting humanity.
17) Cuckoo song
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
In post-World War I England, eleven-year-old Triss nearly drowns in a millpond known as "The Grimmer" and emerges with memory gaps, aware that something is terribly wrong, and to try to set things right, she must meet a twisted architect who has designs on her family.
Author
Series
Potion Masters volume 1
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Aspiring Potion Master Gordy Stitser must prevent the Eternity Elixir from falling into the hands of the rebel Elixirists who are working to release the most powerful potion master of all time and take over the world"--Provided by publisher.
19) Shadowghast
Author
Series
Legends of Eerie-on-Sea volume 3
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"When townspeople start disappearing after the arrival of a magician who knows about his past, Henry must separate truth from sleight-of-hand to solve the mystery of the Shadowghast lantern before they are all swallowed by darkness"--
20) Swan Lake
Author
Series
Publisher
Starry Forest Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Open up the world of folk tales, fairy tales, myths, and timeless novels to young readers for the very first time." -- Back cover.
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