I’m even ready for the animated adaptation (Maybe it’s the cover art, but I can see Laika pulling this one off really well.) It was a magical adventure that not only left me feeling good, it left me wanting more. I’m already dreading the time until the sequel comes out. This is one of the best books I’ve read all year. Every few chapters or so there is also a detailed explanation on how to do a simple magic trick. There is no thirteenth chapter either, just a brief warning about how unlucky the number thirteen is. The titles of each individual chapter were all hilarious references to the chapter numbers themselves. Even in this unfinished review copy, there were extra bits of comedy thrown into the production design. The presentation of this book was almost as enjoyable as the story itself.
One of the kids also has two dads, so A+ for that. The reader will keep wanting one of his new friends to take him in so he doesn’t have to sleep on a bench again. The rest of the cast is filled with young magicians in training who each specialize in a different type of illusion. The villains seem to be influenced by the author's time on A Series of Unfortunate Events. The villains are a cooky band of carnival crooks each with their own shtick as well. When Carter runs away he wanders into a town an encounters a cavalcade of carnival characters. They bump from one horrible temporary living situation to the next.
Carter, a tragic protagonist, was raised to use magic for crime by his uncle.
The backbone of this book was its characters. The characters were hilarious, the story was intriguing, I even spent a few minutes going through the table of contents. It was a blast from page to page and I couldn’t put it down. I didn’t just read it on the train I read it while walking to and from the train stations. These six Magic Misfits will soon discover adventure, friendship, and their own self-worth in this delightful new series. Together, using both teamwork and magic, they'll set out to save the town of Mineral Wells from Bosso's villainous clutches. After a fateful encounter with the local purveyor of illusion, Dante Vernon, Carter teams up with five other like-minded kids. Bosso and his crew of crooked carnies arrives to steal anything and everything they can get their sticky fingers on. But like any good trick, things change instantly as greedy B.B. When street magician Carter runs away, he never expects to find friends and magic in a sleepy New England town.
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