Kingston and the Magician's Lost and Found

By Rucker Moses, Theo Gangi

A young magician seeks to restore magic and find his missing father in a city devoid of wonder.

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288 pages

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In Echo City, where magic has vanished, twelve-year-old Kingston returns to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. King Preston, a legendary magician, vanished during a trick, taking the city's magic with him. With only a mysterious box as a clue, Kingston, alongside his cousin Veronica and friend Too Tall Eddie, must unravel secrets to bring back magic. But danger lurks, and one misstep could mean losing more than just his father. Can Kingston restore wonder to Echo City before it's too late?

From the publisher

Magic has all but disappeared in Brooklyn, but one tenacious young magician is determined to bring it back in this exciting middle grade mystery. Twelve-year-old Kingston has just moved from the suburbs back to Echo City, Brooklyn–the last place his father was seen alive. Kingston’s father was King Preston, one of the world’s greatest magicians. Until one trick went wrong and he disappeared. Now that Kingston is back in Echo City, he’s determined to find his father. Somehow, though, when his father disappeared, he took all of Echo City’s magic with him. Now Echo City–a ghost of its past–is living up to its name. With no magic left, the magicians have packed up and left town and those who’ve stayed behind don’t look too kindly on any who reminds them of what they once had. When Kingston finds a magic box his father left behind as a clue, Kingston knows there’s more to his father’s disappearance than meets the eye. He’ll have to keep it a secret–that is, until he can restore magic to Echo City. With his cousin Veronica and childhood friend Too Tall Eddie, Kingston works to solve the clues, but one wrong move and his father might not be the only one who goes missing.

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