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While housesitting for some moth magicians, Jazper, an insect, reads their books and learns the art of shape-changing. The sinister moths are furious when Jazper's new skill makes him famous, and an exciting battle of transformations follows, from which Jazper emerges victorious. In this entomological "Sorcerer's Apprentice," Egielski portrays Bugtown and its inhabitants in amusing, meticulous detail.