Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms Magic, Mystery, & a Very Strange Adventure

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.Along the way, Stuart reluctantly accepts help from the annoying triplets next door... 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.Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal (2012) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2011)