Magic Tree House #39: Dark Day of the Deep Sea

In this mission Jack and Annie go to a deserted island in the middle of the sea. They see a ship and think it's pirates, so they go up to the tree house and hide. When the people get to shore, Jack and Annie see that they aren't pirates. They come down from hiding to see who they are. Three people stepped out of the boat, they were nice, not pirates. Jack and Annie asked if they could go on the ship. The man in the front said "ok, but still it's against the rules". The man in the front was named Henry, the two men in back were named Tommy and Joe. They go to the ship and a terrible storm comes so they go down to Henry's cabin. Then the bell rings and it means dinner-time. They go into the dining cabin and get the food. The food is dry biscuits, pickles and lime juice. I wouldn't like this dinner.

Jack feels sea sick so he goes up to the upper deck and Annie comes up to see what he is doing. She tells him, "we are not supposed to be up here!" Then a wave crashes down on them, and then another, and another, and another and another, until something loops around Jack, then Annie. They realize that they have been grabbed by an octopus trying to save them. Another wave crashes down and sends them into the ocean. This was my favorite part of the story.

The octopus looses his grip of them, they swim back to the ship to get on board. Once they get on board the men see that the sea monster that they were looking for was really the octopus that saved Jack and Annie. Henry tells Jack the secret of happiness. He needs this to bring back to Merlin to help Merlin get better.

Jack and Annie tried to get the octopus free and then finally the octopus breaks free. Jack, Annie and Henry go in the boat and chop the net. They return to the deserted island and Henry gives them a shell. Jack and Annie go home. I hope you like this book because I did.

Magic Tree House #38: Monday of the Mad Genius

In this book Jack and Annie go to Florence, Italy and look for Leonardo daVinci. Part of the mission was to work for Leonardo after noon through night to find the secret of happiness. When they find Leonardo he is in the middle of a big task. They help him, but what he wants them to do actually ruins what he needed done. Leonardo goes home and wants to leave Florence, Italy. Jack and Annie convince him to stay and to test one of his inventions that he has been waiting to test. The invention was called the Great Bird. He tries it but crashes.

Jack and Annie use a wand they got from Merlin. There are special rules that they need to follow. The rules are: it has to be good for others, you have to try your hardest or it won't work, and you have to say it in 5 words. They did try their hardest, it is good for others and they take out the wand and say "make. us. fly. like. birds." Wings appear instead of arms for Jack, Annie and Leonardo. This helps Leonardo fly in the sky because the Great Bird didn't work. This was my favorite part of the book.

I hope you like this book because I did.

Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn

In this book Jack and Annie travel to Japan to find the 'secret of happiness' to help Merlin get better. Along the way they meet the samurai Master. He is also know as Basho. Basho helps Jack and Annie find the secret of happiness.

My favorite part of the story is when they were riding on the dragon. The dragon made it rain, and they needed it to rain or the town of Edo would burn to the ground. At first I thought they were going to get into a battle with the dragon in the book, but they didn't.

I hope you like this book because I did.

Magic Tree House #36: Blizzard of the Blue Moon

This is the fourth book of the mini-quest. The mission in this book is to find a unicorn on public display in New York City way back in 1938.

Jack and Annie go to free the unicorn but they don't know where it is. They think it's in the Bronx Zoo, but it's not. They go on the train but they don't know what stop the zoo is. They ask a girl who is really Kathleen, their friend. Kathleen tells them to get off at the wrong stop, which is a good thing because Teddy was sitting out there with a taxi. They didn't notice that Kathleen was the girl and Teddy was the taxi driver. Teddy left them stranded a foot away from the Cloisters Museum. Inside they find a unicorn woven in a tapestry. Annie thinks it's the real unicorn and calls out the wrong name because Merlin sent them only with a hint, not the real name. Then two people sent by the Dark Wizard call out the real name and the spell is broken and the unicorn awakes. Before people from the dark wizard rope the unicorn, Jack and Annie get onto the unicorn and ride back to the tree house.

Teddy brings Kathleen, Merlin and Morgan to the tree house but before it happens Jack and Annie turn the Dark Wizard's people into ducks. Then they fly away with the flock of ducks flying south for the winter. Merlin and Morgan take the unicorn back to Camelot and Jack and Annie go home.

I hope you like this book, because I did.

Magic Tree House #35: Night of the New Magicians

This is the third mission of the mini-quest. In this mission Merlin sends Jack & Annie to Paris, France. Their mission is to find four magicians and to tell them an urgent message that an evil sorceror is coming to steal their secrets. It is in the middle of the Worlds Fair of 1889. The streets are crowded and they don't know which four of all those people are the magicians. The magicians they have to find are the magician of light, the magician of iron, the magician of sound and the magician of invisible.

Jack and Annie have to find the secrets before the evil sorceror. My favorite part of the book is when they find out who the magicians are. You would never guess they are Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Mr. Eiffel and Mr. Pasteur.

I hope you like this book, because I did.

Magic Tree House #34: Season of the Sandstorm

This is the second book of the mini-quest. In this book Merlin sends Jack and Annie to a desert in Baghdad.

Right when they get there they have no idea where they are so they look in their 10 Rhyme book. There are only 8 rhymes left. They see one that says "make helpers appear out of nowhere". They use this rhyme and merchants appear out of nowhere. Their mission is to help the caliph spread wisdom to the world.

The most exciting part is when they used a rhyme to get back to the tree house quickly.

I hope you like this book, because I did.

Magic Tree House #33: Carnival at Candlelight

This is the first book of a mini-quest within the Magic Tree House books. In this book Merlin sends Jack and Annie on a mission to Venice, Italy.

Teddy and Kathleen give them 10 Magic Rhymes for the 4 Magic Missions. These missions are Carnival at Candlelight, Season of the Sandstorm, Night of the New Magicians and Blizzard of the Blue Moon.

In this mission they have to save the Grand Lady of Lagoon. They find out that she is really the whole city of Venice. They get to ride on the king of the jungle and save the Grand Lady of Lagoon.

My favorite part was when they fly over the ocean with the king of the jungle and see Neptune the god of land and sea.

I hope you like this book, because I did.