Dragged by Sticky Will to a magic show featuring the Great Awi Bubu, magic detector Theodosia Throckmorton sets into motion an unexpected chain of events while Henry makes an accidental and highly significant discovery at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities.
An illustrated chapter book designed for emerging readers seeking fantasy and adventure.
In 1928, when timid ten-year-old Nate learns that his parents have been lost at sea, he joins his father's cousin on a flight to Arabia where they must oversee the death and rebirth of the phoenix, thus beginning his training as a "beastologist."
Theodosia Throckmorton kann Flüche und schwarze Magie erkennen und bannen. Als ihre Mutter eine Statue der Göttin Bastet mitbringt, entdeckt Theodosia einen mächtigen Fluch, der das Land bedroht. Um das Unheil abzuwenden, setzt sie all ihre Fähigkeiten ein und riskiert ihr Leben in einem spannenden Abenteuer im London des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.