What do you do if the family business is magic and youre all fingers and thumbs? If your family are magicians and builders of tricks and illusions for other magicians and you cant even pull a rabbit from a hat, do you turn your back on magic and walk away as far away from Abracadabra Street as you canor do you try and overcome the hand youre dealt? This is the question on Benjamin Blackstones mind. He has hope, however, in the form of a book his great grandfather bought about magic, a Victorian popup book of a street on which a long line of magic shops sat. This is called Abracadabra Street. The book is said to be truly magical in some way and young Benjamin wants to get his hands on it. But this book is no toy to be played with which Benjamin soon finds out as he discovers the book after a long search locked in a trunk and discovers a living, breathing magical street! And thats before a mysterious magician appears seemingly from inside the book. Benjamin knows it must be all smoke and mirrors, but he finds his own magic unlocked inside his head as he becomes obsessed to know how the book works and where the magician is really coming from. Because real magic isnt realright?

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 216 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2022 by Troubador Publishing .

MARK ROLAND LANGDALE has had a varied life and career. He has worked with children and teenagers, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in an effort to fundraise and he has also travelled down the Amazon.