Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena invites everyone to join them to discuss “Kingston and the Magician’s Lost and Found,” by Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi on Vroman’s Live at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18.
“Kingston and the Magician’s Lost and Found,” published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, is a middle-grade mystery that tells about how one tenacious young magician, Kingston, is determined to bring magic back to Brooklyn, where it has all but disappeared. Kingston has just moved from the suburbs back to Echo City, Brooklyn — the last place his father was seen alive.
His father, King Preston, was one of the world’s greatest magicians. Somehow, when his father disappeared, he took all of Echo City’s magic with him. Now Echo City — a ghost of its past — is living up to its name. With no magic left, the magicians have packed up and left town and those who’ve stayed behind don’t look too kindly on anyone who reminds them of what they once had.
When Kingston finds a magic box his father left behind as a clue, Kingston knows there’s more to his father’s disappearance than meets the eye. He’ll have to keep it a secret — that is, until he can restore magic to Echo City.
Rucker Moses is the pen name of Craig S. Phillips and Harold Hayes Jr. They both hail from Atlanta and started telling stories together at the University of Georgia. Together, they’ve been nominated for three Emmys for writing in a children’s program and have written for TV shows based on books by R. L. Stine and Christopher Pike.
Theo Gangi is a novelist and writing teacher based in Brooklyn. He’s written several acclaimed novels and short stories, and he’s worked on shows for Netflix. He writes far-out adventures that happen right next door. He directs the MFA program at St. Francis College and lives with his wife, young son, and their dog. “Kingston and the Magician’s Lost and Found” is his first book for young readers.
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