Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery, & a Very Strange Adventure

By Lissa Evans

Book Overview

Enter a wonderful world filled with real magic, mystery, and danger. As if being small and having S. Horten as his name isn't bad enough, now 10-year-old Stuart is forced to move far away from all his friends.But on his very first day in his new home, Stuart's swept up in an extraordinary adventure: the quest to find his great-uncle Tony--a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth--and Tony's marvelous, long-lost workshop. Along the way, Stuart reluctantly accepts help from the annoying triplets next door... and encounters trouble from another magician who's also desperate to get hold of Tony's treasures. A quirky, smart, charming page-turner, Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms will enchant young readers--as well as teachers, librarians, and parents. Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal (2012) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2011)

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402798067
• ISBN13: 9781402798061
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Sterling Children's Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7