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

by Evans, Lissa

• ISBN13: 9781402798061
• ISBN10: 1402798067
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-03
• Publisher: Sterling Children's Books

Summary

The exciting launch title of Sterling's middle-grade fiction list: HORTEN'S MIRACULOUS MECHANISMS Enter a wonderful world filled with real magic, mystery ... and danger. As if being small for his age and also having S. Hortenas 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 Mechanismswill enchant young readers--as well as teachers, librarians, and parents.

Author Biography

Lissa Evans, who resides in London with her husband and two daughters, has traveled quite a mysterious path of her own to middle-grade novelist. After a brief career in medicine and an even briefer one in stand-up comedy, Lissa became a comedy producer and spent a decade running a red pencil through other people's work before eventually beginning to write herself. Lissa has written three adult novels and a picture book. This is her first work of middle-grade fiction.