Kids should enjoy the magic trick suggestions and code games and Lissy Marlin and Kyle Hilton’s illustrations have a fun anime quality to them that adds to the story. The second in Neil Patrick Harris’s MAGIC MISFITS SERIES focuses on Leila with Harris and co-writer Alec Azam doing a better job of integrating the backstory with the main mystery and mingling the genuine magic with the illusions while maintaining a chatty narrative style. But Sandra’s presence in Mineral Wells coincides with mysterious goings on in the abandoned wing of the Grand Oak resort where the Other Mr Vernon works as a chef and also leads to a shocking discovery about Leila’s own past … Meanwhile, the arrival of Sandra Santos – a famous clairvoyant and an old friend of Mr Vernon, who belonged to the Emerald Ring – makes the Misfits think that they can get more information on what Mr Vernon was like and why the Emerald Ring broke up. Bosso in jail for his crimes during their last adventure, his frown clowns are still on the run and when Bosso’s monkey breaks into the magic shop, apparently looking for one of Mr Vernon’s books, it’s clear that the gang is planning more bad behaviour. It’s several weeks after THE MAGICAL MISFITS. Carter Locke now lives with Leila and her two fathers (Mr Vernon and the Other Mr Vernon) in their magic shop in the small town of Mineral Wells and they have formed the Magic Misfits Club with their friends Ridley, Theo, Olly and Lizzy where they practice their tricks and skills.Īlthough the Misfits put B.

I earn commission on any purchases made through these links. You can order THE MAGICAL MISFITS 2: THE SECOND STORY by Neil Patrick Harris from Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Waterstone’s or UK. But she can’t escape the mystery that’s heading her way … This is Leila, escape artist extraordinaire. She shares all her secrets with her magical best friends, The Magical Misfits. None of them minded, though they were practising what they loved most: magic. With all six of them crowded into the secret room behind the rear bookcase in Vernon’s Magic Shop, they were practically bumping elbows in the dim light.

The magic misfits the second story