What We Found in the Corn Maze and How It Saved a Dragon

Written by Henry Clark

Three kids must master quirky spells to save a magical world and its last dragon.

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342 pages

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Cal's ordinary day turns magical when he discovers his neighbor Modesty's spellbook. The spells seem useless, but when Cal, Modesty, and Drew are whisked to a world losing its last dragon, they must decipher the spells' timing to save it. Can they unlock the magic in time? With a dragon named Phlogiston and a maze to navigate, their adventure is anything but ordinary. Will they succeed before time runs out?

From the publisher

When three kids discover a book of magic spells that can only be cast during a few short minutes a day, they’ll need all the time they can get to save a dying magical world, its last dragon, and themselves.An ordinary day turns extraordinary when twelve-year-old Cal witnesses his neighbor Modesty summon a slew of lost coins without lifting a finger. Turns out she has a secret manual of magic spells . . . but they only work sometimes. And they’re the most boring spells ever: To Change the Color of a Room, To Repair a Chimney, To Walk With Stilts, To Untangle Yarn. Useless!But when Cal, his friend Drew, and Modesty are suddenly transported to the world the spells come from – a world that’s about to lose its last dragon – they’ll have to find a way to use the oddly specific incantations to save the day, if only they can figure out when magic works.From the inventive mind of Henry Clark comes a hilariously wacky adventure about magic, friendship, a lookout tower come to life, a maze in the shape of a dragon, an actual dragon named Phlogiston, and lots and lots of popcorn.

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