Bad Magic

Written by Pseudonymous Bosch

Part of the The Bad Books series

A boy's journal entries appear as graffiti, leading him to a mysterious island camp where nothing is as it seems.

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368 pages· 56,521 words· Est. 8 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Clay thinks magic is fake until his journal entries appear as graffiti, landing him at Earth Ranch, a camp for troubled kids on a volcanic island. As strange events unfold, including talking llamas and ghostly sightings, Clay must unravel the island's secrets hidden behind vog. Can he solve the mystery before chaos erupts?

From the publisher

The elusive, bestselling author of the Secret Series, Pseudonymous Bosch, delivers a page-turning, mysterious, magical book that will have readers believing the unbelievable! Magic is BAD. As in fake. Cheesy. Unreal. At least, that’s what Clay, who has seen one magic show too many, thinks. When words from his journal appear mysteriously on his school wall as graffiti, he never imagines that magic might be to blame. And when the same graffiti lands him at Earth Ranch, a camp for “troubled” kids on a remote volcanic island, magic is the last thing he expects to find there. But at Earth Ranch, there is one strange surprise after another, until Clay no longer knows what to expect. Is he really talking to a llama? Did he really see a ghost? What is the scary secret hidden in the abandoned library? The only thing he knows for sure is that behind the clouds of vog (volcanic smog), nothing is as it seems. Can he solve the riddle of Earth Ranch before trouble erupts? Don’t miss Bad Luck, book 2 in The Bad Books series!

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