Mike attempts to convince his parents that he is responsible enough to be allowed to ride his bicycle to the magic shop all by himself.

Tyler Yu, school bully, is convinced that there is a ghost stealing things at Abracadabra Hotel, and he enlists the help of Charlie Hitchcock to solve the mystery.

Illustrations and simple text introduce Zip, an unlucky alien magician, and his friend Bip. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.

When the magician Theopolis makes a boy from school disappear during the magic show at the Abracadabra Hotel, Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu are determined to find out what really happened.

Feeling skeptical about a new kid's boasts about his magical talents, Frank and Joe Hardy wonder about a neighbor's prized show dog's recurring disappearances and reappearances, which seem to support the bragging newcomer's claims.

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....

When magician's apprentice Felix Carmer III and his faerie companion Grit come across a magical flying circus, it becomes clear that there is something not normal about it or its inventor, and that it may be related to regional airship disasters.

"Join Jack and Annie as they as they meet one of the world's most famous illusionists - Harry Houdini!"--

"Tiny, impulsive Bessie Lee starts learning to become a magician to enter her school's talent show"--

Russia is on the brink of great change. Pasha's coronation approaches, and Vika is now the Imperial Enchanter, but the role she once coveted may be more difficult -- and dangerous -- than she ever expected. Pasha is grappling with his own problems -- his legitimacy is in doubt, the girl he loves loathes him, and he believes his best friend is dead. When a challenger to the throne emerges -- and with the magic in Russia growing rapidly -- Pasha must...