Before we disappear
Hutchinson, Shaun David2021
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Jack Nevin's clever trickery and moral flexibility have served him well his entire life -- making him the perfect assistant to the Enchantress, one of the most well-known stage magicians in early-twentieth-century Europe. Without Jack's steady supply of stolen tricks and copycat sleight-of-hand illusions, the Enchantress's fame would have burned out long ago -- not that she would ever admit it. But when they're forced to flee the continent for America, the Enchantress finds a new audience in Seattle at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific World's Fair Exposition. She and Jack are set to make a fortune until a new magician arrives on the scene. Performing tricks that defy the imagination, Laszlo's act threatens to overshadow the Enchantress and co-opt her audience. Jack has no choice but to hunt for the secrets behind Laszlo's otherworldly illusions -- but what he uncovers isn't at all what he expected. What makes Laszlo's tricks possible is, unbelievably, a boy that can seemingly perform real magic. Wilhelm's abilities defy all the laws of physics. His talents are no clever sleights-of-hand. But even though Laszlo and Wilhelm's act threatens to destroy the life Jack and the Enchantress have built, Jack and Wilhelm have near-instant connection. As the rivalry between the Enchantress and Laszlo grows increasingly dangerous and dire, Jack finds he has to choose between the woman who gave him a life and the boy who is offering him love.
Main title:
Before we disappear / Shaun David Hutchinson.
Author:
Hutchinson, Shaun David, author
Work:
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York, NY : HarperTeen, [2021]©2021.
Collation:
492 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"A true magician never falls in love" -- Cover.
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9780063025226 (hardcover)
Dewey class:
813.6F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
589991