A fun & magical adventure.

When two boys find a girl from their school performing real magic, they work with her to figure out how and why it works, and how a magic spell book ended up in her locker. When they try opening a long locked safe with a spell, but end up with a door leading to another world, the trio learn of the source of their magic, and a dastardly plan in motion that puts the magical world in grave danger. Cal, Modesty, & Drew must work together with Pre, a boy from the magical world, to try to help out however they can.

The magic spells available were limited to funny, but mostly useless purposes. Still, even useless spells can be turned into important ones when used right. The characters were pretty smart with figuring out the limits they could work with, and in using them to their most practical applications. They also made a great team, and it was fun and funny to read.

There was a great mix of magic, brainwork, and friendship. The plot was fun and moved quickly. I really liked this book. It's a great middle grade (and older) read.

I received a copy in exchange for an honest review.

Interesting take on how science and magic can work together, or not.

Cal and other farmers are going out of business because an inventor has come up with a way to make food from tomatoes.

But, no one understands how that works.

And then magic appears in the form of coins rolling.

And magic appears in a door opening.

And magic is leaking from another relm, and threatens to kill all magic. Forever.

This is just how the book goes. It wanders around, but all comes together in the end.

I liked how everything connected, though I have to say I found it odd that they introduced Drew to have him be gone for most of the book.

Good story on interconnectivity of life. Not too heavy handed there, and I liked that there was a series of books, in the magic relm called Mary Potter, about a scientist.

It took a while to get into the story, and it was a bit slow in the middle, but it made up for it as we raced to the conclusion.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.