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Chapter Book · Ages 6–8 · 2011 · Est. 1.5 hour read
May Magic
Written by Ron Roy · Illustrated by John Steven Gurney
Book #5 in the Calendar Mysteries series
A family's life is turned upside down when the mother is hypnotized and starts acting like a duck.
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71 pages· 7,123 words· Est. 1.5 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
Twins Bradley and Brian treat their mom to a hypnotist's show for Mother's Day, but chaos ensues when she starts acting like a duck. With quacks and corn kernels everywhere, the boys, along with friends Lucy and Nate, must unravel the mystery and restore their mom to normal. Can they break the spell before it's too late? Dive into this magical mayhem and find out!
From the publisher
In the fifth book of the Calendar Mysteries–a new early chapter book mystery series featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detectives–twins Bradley and Brian Pinto are getting ready to celebrate Mother’s Day by treating their mom to a show by Hypo, the world’s greatest hypnotist. Brian hopes that if Hypo can hypnotize his mom into loving ducks, then she will let him raise ducks in their backyard. But when the Pinto family gets home from the show, the twins’ mom starts acting strange. She splashes in the bathtub for hours, she leaves corn kernels all over, and–could it be?–she quacks! Bradley thinks his mom has actually “turned into a duck!” How did this happen? Can Bradley and Brian, with help from their friends Lucy and Nate, turn their mom back into their mom?
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- Words
- 7,123
- Reading age
- 6–8
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Lexile
- 560L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~3.7
- F&P level
- ~N
Publication
- Published
- March 22, 2011
- First published
- March 1, 2011
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780375861116
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