Enter a wonderful world filled with real magic, mystery, and danger.As if being small and having S. Horten as his name isn"t bad enough, now 10-year-old Stuart is forced to move far away from all his friends.But on his very first day in his new home, Stuart"s swept up in an extraordinary adventure: the quest to find his great-uncle Tony--a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth--and Tony"s marvelous, long-lost workshop.A Along the way, Stuart reluctantly accepts help from the annoying triplets next doora?¦ and encounters trouble from another magician who"s also desperate to get hold of Tony"s treasures.A quirky, smart, charming page-turner, Horten"s Miraculous Mechanisms will enchant young readers--as well as teachers, librarians, and parents.A A Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal (2012) and the Guardian Children"s Fiction Prize (2011)