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	Harris, Neil Patrick. THE MAGIC MISFITS Boston : Little, Brown, 2017 IL 3-9, RL 4.8 ISBN: 978-0316391825 (2 booktalks)
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Booktalk #1 Carter Locke is on the run. After losing his parents, Carter has been raised by his uncle, a street magician and thief. After years of abuse and being an unwilling accomplice, Carter betrays his uncle and runs, narrowly escaping by jumping aboard a moving train, headed anywhere but here. When the train eventually stops, Carter realizes he has jumped a circus train, currently entertaining the citizens of Mineral Wells. Carter is dazzled by the lights and sounds, but quickly spots the seedy underbelly of B.B. Bosso’s Carnival- fake wonders, rigged games, and even more thieving than his uncle. But then, Carter meets a magician. Unlike his uncle, Mr. Vernon seems honest and kind, and eventually introduces him to his daughter and her equally magically-inclined friends. Carter isn’t sure they’ll accept him for who he really is, even though each one is a misfit in their own way. But, when the group uncovers a plot to swindle the entire town, steal a priceless gem, and pin it all on Mr. Vernon, they’ll have to trust each other and work together to unveil the true intentions of Bosso’s big finale. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2018-2019) Booktalk #2 Sleight of hand- some people use it for entertainment, Uncle Sly uses it to steal. Carter escapes from his Uncle and a dastardly life of crime, and finds a new life in a new town, with a similar problem- a circus full of thieving performers. Carter connects with a group of talented misfits. These are his first friends- brilliant and skeptical Ridley, quirky twins of misdirection Olly and Izzy, escape artist Leila, and Theo who is talented in levitating items. Can they use their skills with illusions and performance arts to save the town from the sleazy circus of thieves? (Vermont DCF Award nominee, 2018-2019)
	SUBJECTS: Carnivals -- Fiction. Conduct of life -- Fiction. Humorous fiction. Magic tricks -- Fiction. Orphans -- Fiction. Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction.

Harris, Neil Patrick.
THE MAGIC MISFITS
Boston : Little, Brown, 2017
IL 3-9, RL 4.8
ISBN: 978-0316391825

(2 booktalks)

Click on the book to read Amazon reviews

Booktalk #1

Carter Locke is on the run. After losing his parents, Carter has been raised by his uncle, a street magician and thief. After years of abuse and being an unwilling accomplice, Carter betrays his uncle and runs, narrowly escaping by jumping aboard a moving train, headed anywhere but here. When the train eventually stops, Carter realizes he has jumped a circus train, currently entertaining the citizens of Mineral Wells. Carter is dazzled by the lights and sounds, but quickly spots the seedy underbelly of B.B. Bosso’s Carnival- fake wonders, rigged games, and even more thieving than his uncle.

But then, Carter meets a magician. Unlike his uncle, Mr. Vernon seems honest and kind, and eventually introduces him to his daughter and her equally magically-inclined friends. Carter isn’t sure they’ll accept him for who he really is, even though each one is a misfit in their own way. But, when the group uncovers a plot to swindle the entire town, steal a priceless gem, and pin it all on Mr. Vernon, they’ll have to trust each other and work together to unveil the true intentions of Bosso’s big finale. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2018-2019)

Booktalk #2

Sleight of hand- some people use it for entertainment, Uncle Sly uses it to steal. Carter escapes from his Uncle and a dastardly life of crime, and finds a new life in a new town, with a similar problem- a circus full of thieving performers. Carter connects with a group of talented misfits. These are his first friends- brilliant and skeptical Ridley, quirky twins of misdirection Olly and Izzy, escape artist Leila, and Theo who is talented in levitating items. Can they use their skills with illusions and performance arts to save the town from the sleazy circus of thieves? (Vermont DCF Award nominee, 2018-2019)

SUBJECTS:      Carnivals -- Fiction.
                        Conduct of life -- Fiction.
                        Humorous fiction.
                        Magic tricks -- Fiction.
                        Orphans -- Fiction.
                        Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction.