Nothing Up My Sleeve

About Specification

From beloved author Diana López comes an exciting middle grade story about three friends, a magic competition, and how far they'll go to succeed.

Sixth graders Dominic, Loop, and Z stumble upon a new magic

shop in town and can't wait to spend their summer mastering

cool tricks to gain access to the Vault, a key holders-only back

room bound to hold all kinds of secrets. And once they get

in, they set their sights even higher: a huge competition at the

end of the summer. They work on their card tricks, sleights,

and vanishing acts, trying to come up with the most awesome

routines possible....Problem is, the trip is expensive, and it's

money that each guy's family just doesn't have.

To make things worse, the shop-owners' daughter, Ariel (who

just so happens to be last year's competition winner), will do

anything to make sure the boys don't come out on top. Even pit

them against one another. Will they make it to the competition?

And if so, at what cost?

Diana López, author of Confetti Girl and Ask My Mood Ring

How I Feel, offers a story that's just the right mix of heart,

high jinks, and a bit of magic.