The Magicians of Elephant County by Adam Perry
Published by HarperCollins on October 9th 2018
ISBN: 006279535X
Pages: 384
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A momentous event has taken place in the fictional Elephant County. This narrative is an attempt to explain what happened. The story is told in alternating chapters using the two main characters. Eleven year old Duncan and twelve year old Emma are best friends. They dream of becoming great magicians. Duncan accidently acquires a real magic wand and then the story accelerates. Using two different points of view as to what happened is clever and humorous. This novel was fun to read since it had many surprises and moved quickly. This is the author’s first novel. I highly recommend it for grades 4-7

Reviewed by Kris Zuidema, retired school librarian, Standish