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Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, the founders of the new discipline of neuromagic, have convinced some of the world's greatest magicians to allow scientists to study their techniques for tricking the brain. This book is the result of the authors' yearlong, world-wide exploration of magic and how its principles apply to our behavior. Magic tricks fool us because humans have hardwired processes of attention and awareness that are hackable--a...

A mouse named Monty and his sister Milli usually play together, but when Monty gets a magic set he insists on practicing alone, until Milli cannot be found.

"The students of Room 26 are doing reports about the jobs they want to have when they grow up--and Humphrey the classroom pet hamster helps aspiring magician Miranda show the class about her own dream job"--

Ridley Larsen is everything you want in a friend. She's tough as nails, she's fiercely loyal, and she's smart as a whip. But she can be a harsh critic, which has put her position with the Magic Misfits on the rocks, even as the threat of the group's longtime enemy Kalagan looms large. Ever since his recent appearance in Mineral Wells, the kids know that a showdown with the vicious magician is imminent. They must first deal with a series of odd instances...

When Anna and her friends put on a magic show to celebrate an elderly neighbor's birthday the grand finale goes awry, but Banana steps up to save the day.

A laugh-out-loud sequel to Payback on Poplar Lane finds a second sister working to distinguish herself by running for seventh-grade class president, an ambition that is challenged by a boy who must weigh giving up his comedy-magician passion for building his confidence to make more friends and get more votes.