In a logical, clear-thinking, pre-911 world Boy Hernandez would be madly filling orders with his newly established women’s fashion line, (B)oy for Bergdorf-Goodman, Bloomingdale’s and other trend setting hotspots. But in this post-911 world of fast and at times, sloppy security work, Boy’s been thrown into Gitmo for allegedly assisting terrorists by funneling money through his clothing design studio. HA!
We know lots of you were captivated by the first book in the Magical Kids series. Now the series continues with two more tales of children suddenly struck by
. . . magic!
Thomas belongs to a proper "very ordinary" family. His father likes it that way. But when the Fat Fairy grants Thomas his birthday wish -- to be able to fly -- he does rather stick out among the gym crowd. His classmates now see previously ridiculed or ignored Thomas as quite a celebrity, but the adults around him obdurately refuse to accept what they can see with their own eyes. In his passionate persistence to get his father to see him fly, however, Thomas is also able to awaken him to the other ordinary wonders in their life that Dad has been missing.
Flip the book over to discover Ruby, The Smallest Girl Ever. She did not start out that way! But born into a family of celebrity magicians without the gift, nor the interest, for magic, Ruby feels quite diminished by her family's dismissal and desertion. When her parents actually do disappear during their travels, orphaned Ruby is granted a scholarship to a special school for magical kids. The directors, you see, are certain the child of such luminaries of magic must possess undiscovered genetic gifts. Poor Ruby, her magic trick consists of growing smaller and smaller the more embarrassed she feels! So many people want so much from her, and she just cannot please them. When Ruby gets quite tiny, small enough in fact to fit into a purse, she finally, and quite literally, falls in to the hands of Aunt Hat who knows well that loyalty and love are just the very magic needed to grow a child!
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