What we found in the corn maze and how it saved a dragon

Title:

Author:

Clark, Henry, 1952- author.

Personal Author:

Clark, Henry, 1952- author.

ISBN:

9780316492317

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

342 pages ; 20 cm

Abstract:

"When three twelve-year-olds discover there are seven separate minutes a day they can do magic, they must use oddly specific spells to save a dragon, themselves, and the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Reading Level:

Ages 8-12. Little, Brown and Company.

Subject Term:

Adventure stories.

Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

Farm life -- Juvenile fiction.

Humorous stories.

Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.

Magic -- Fiction.

Farm life -- Fiction.

Summary:

"When three twelve-year-olds discover there are seven separate minutes a day they can do magic, they must use oddly specific spells to save a dragon, themselves, and the world"--

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Summary

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.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

Magic works? Can it save Cal's family's farm?Twelve-year-old Cal and his best friend, Drew, are momentarily distracted from Cal's family's problemscaused in no small part by Cal when he accidentally started a fire in the harvesterwhen they learn that classmate Modesty can practice magic. She's found a binder of magic spells, but they work only for a minute and only at certain times of the day, and most of the spells are 800-word tongue twisters that can't be said in under one minute. In puzzling this out, they end up discovering that in a parallel world called Congroo, magic is imperiled because its dragons are dying. With the help of Preface Arrowshot, a young, green-skinned Congruent librarian, the kids discover that the local entrepreneur who's got his eyes on Cal's family's farm may be at the root of the problem. Stopping him could save Congroo and the dragons, and it also might save the farm. Unrelated to the similarly titled What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World (2013), this is a good choice for fans of The Phantom Tollbooth and The Westing Game and Chris Grabenstein's Mr. Lemoncello books. While there's plenty of slapstick, the physical comedy is surrounded by wordplay, a good balance of sophisticated and silly. Subtle jabs at climate change deniers and unqualified wannabe world leaders add layers to Clark's newest. Cal presents white; Drew and Modesty both have brown skin.A smart kid's goofball adventure. (Fantasy. 8-14) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.