(1) 4-6 Ten-year-old Fidge, feeling responsible for her little sister Minnie's serious injury, is sucked into Wimbley Land, the embodiment of Minnie's imaginative life (based on her favorite book and peopled with stuffed toys). Sensible, energetic, resilient Fidge must locate Wed Wabbit, Wimbley Land's new dictator (really Minnie's toy rabbit), and return him to Minnie. This laugh-out-loud, inventive tale wears its messages lightly and keeps its satire and slapstick bouncy.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2018

(2) 4-6 For those who like their mysteries of the little gray cell variety, with logical puzzles, codes, crossword clues, maps, and conundrums, this story of a magician's great-nephew is a treat. Ten-year-old Stuart Horten must locate a long-lost conjurer's workshop in the small town where he lives. He has some adventures, but mostly he does research and thinks--an Encyclopedia Brown for our time.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2012

(3) 4-6 In this sequel to Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms, Stuart, now junior curator of his great-uncle Tony Horten's magic trick exhibit, must solve elaborate puzzles in order to find his uncle's will--and decide how best to use his inheritance. Readers who enjoy logic and wordplay will particularly enjoy this humorous fantasy full of characters who are just flawed enough.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax