Modern Day Magic

A Modern, Commercial, Easy To Do Variation on The Classic Berglas Effect – Any Card At Any Number Effect- The magician (Surprise, that’s you!) takes a deck of playing cards from his pocket, and places them face up on the table explaining that there is a Holy Grail for magicians, where one spectator is asked to name a number between one and fifty-two, and another is asked to name any playing card. The cards are then counted down to the number chosen, and to the amazement of all around… the chosen card appears at that random number… The crowd goes wild with applause at the sight of ...

Twenty-seven-year-old Jade thought she had it all. Until her perfect world dissolved and thrust her into the real one. A world filled with magic and usual magical beings such as vampires, werewolves, and demons. Jade was sure she was coping just fine. Then she discovered sexy demons existed. Someone wanted her dead. Does she really want to know how much of her life has been a deception?

Twenty-seven-year-old Jade thought she had it all. Until her perfect world dissolved and thrust her into the real one. A world filled with magic and usual magical beings such as vampires, werewolves, and demons. Jade was sure she was coping just fine. But is that the truth, or is it just a dream?

This one-of-a-kind treasury brings together the talents of nearly two dozen best-selling middle-grade authors - including Shannon Hale, Brandon Mull, Ally Condie, and Jennifer A. Nielsen - who have created original short stories and modern-day fairy tales based on the lives and dreams of children they have met who all have two things in common: They have very big hopes and dreams, and they are all cancer patients.