Böcker av Stacy D'Alessandro

Ten-year-old Maggie Miller discovers the Book of Magic is the key to defeating a villain and embarks on a quest to stop a sinister plot in this action-packed sequel to Journey to Zentobia. After foiling a villain's attempt to bring back dark magic in the mysterious world of Zentobia, Maggie and Peter learn a new threat exists. When the villain's daughter sends Maggie a plea for help to locate the Book of Magic and save her mom, the siblings travel through the rainbow portal to rescue their friends. Securing the Book of Magic is no easy task, even for a seasoned amateur detective like Maggie. The book contains a powerful spell that will prevent dark magic from destroying Zentobia and spreading to Maggie and Peter's home, but it's buried deep in a maze of enchanted tunnels. During their quest, dangerous beasts hunt them, vines transform to monstrous creatures, and rising flood water blocks their path. A wrong turn dumps the group into a secret world that's evaporating by the minute. Casting a spell with an ingredient that's hidden in an enchanted boneyard offers their only hope to return to Zentobia. And when the villain's daughter discovers she is the heir to the Book of Magic, will she deliver the spell to defeat her father? Or will someone unleash a bigger scheme with Maggie and Peter's hometown as the target?

Danger Lurks in Zentobia.When the Miller family moves to the small town of Hailsville, ten-year-old Maggie and her thirteen-year-old brother Peter discover their neighbor comes from a magical world, Zentobia. After the amateur detectives try to help him get home, they''re swept through a rainbow portal and end up in his world on their own.ΓÇïIn Zentobia, Maggie and Peter embark on an action-packed fantasy adventure where they encounter orange rain, cascade down floating waterfalls, and chat with talking animals. Before long, they learn danger lurks in Zentobia, where all magic has been banished. Maggie is captured by an evil leader who wants to bring back dark magic. Help is on the way from Peter and their dad who team up with Zentobia''s good leader. But once they reach Maggie, more trouble emerges.ΓÇïJoin Maggie and Peter as they navigate magical underground tunnels, use flying shoes to travel across the world, and race to save Zentobia from the return of dark magic. Will they make it in time to stop the world''s last gold star from turning black, or will trouble find them first?