{"product_id":"blizzard-of-the-blue-moon-isbn-9780375830389","title":"Blizzard of the Blue Moon","description":"\u003cb\u003eMagic. Mystery. Time-travel. Join Jack, Annie and the Magic   Tree House as they travel to the past on a daring unicorn rescue mission--from the #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jack and Annie must rescue a beautiful magical creature—the unicorn. But   when they land in New York City during the Depression of the 1930s, Jack and   Annie are confused. Where will they find a unicorn in a big city?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Formerly numbered as Magic Tree House #44, the title of this book is now Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #16: Blizzard of the Blue Moon.   The Merlin Missions books are more challenging   adventures that will delight experienced readers who are fans of the original   chapter book series!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Magic Tree House series has been a favorite   for over 25 years and is sure to inspire a love of reading—and adventure—in   every child who joins Jack and Annie!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House   book for every kid? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e • Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who   are just beginning chapter books\u003cbr\u003e • Magic Tree House Graphic Novels:    Jack and Annie's original adventures come to life with full-color,   vibrant art, perfect for graphic novel fans and reluctant readers\u003cbr\u003e • Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced   reader\u003cbr\u003e • Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure\u003cbr\u003e • Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House   adventuresMARY POPE OSBORNE is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e number one bestselling Magic Tree House series. She and her husband, writer Will Osborne (author of \u003ci\u003eMagic Tree House: The Musical\u003c\/i\u003e),  live in northwestern Connecticut with their three dogs. Ms. Osborne is  also the coauthor of the companion Magic Tree House Fact Trackers series  with Will, and with her sister, Natalie Pope Boyce.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e SAL MURDOCCA has illustrated more than 200 children's trade and text  books. He is also a librettist for children's opera, a video artist, an  avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children's  illustration at the Parsons School of Design. Sal lives and works in New  York with his wife, Nancy.CHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Last Unicorn\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The November sky was gray with clouds. Jack sat reading in front of the living room fire.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Who wants hot chocolate?” his dad called from the kitchen.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Me, please!” said Jack.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The front door burst open, and with a gust of cold wind, Annie rushed inside. “Jack! Guess what!” she whispered. “It’s back!”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “How do you know?” said Jack.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I was walking home from the library”— Annie paused to catch her breath—“and I saw a flash in the sky above the woods. The last time that happened—”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Before she could finish the sentence, Jack jumped up. “Dad, Annie and I are going to go outside for a while!” he shouted. “Can the hot chocolate wait till we get back?”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sure, have fun!” their dad called from the kitchen.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I have to get my pack,” Jack said to Annie. “Meet you on the porch.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Don’t forget the rhyme book!” said Annie.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Annie slipped outside and Jack ran up to his room. He grabbed his backpack. He checked to make sure their book of magic rhymes was inside. \u003ci\u003eGood\u003c\/i\u003e, there it was.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Jack charged back downstairs. He pulled on his boots, put on his jacket, tied a scarf around his neck, grabbed his mittens, and headed out the door.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Come on!” said Annie.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Jack could see his breath in the cold air. “Brrr,” he said. “Let’s hurry!”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Jack and Annie ran down the street and into the Frog Creek woods. They wove between the trees, their boots crunching through the fallen leaves.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Jack stopped. The magic tree house was back. High in a tall oak tree, it was silhouetted against the gray November sky. “You were right,” he said to Annie. “Good work.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Thanks,” Annie said. She ran to the rope ladder and started up. Jack followed her.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When they climbed inside the tree house, Jack and Annie saw a book and a scroll of parchment paper lying on the floor. Annie picked up the scroll, unrolled it, and read aloud.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDear Jack and Annie of Frog Creek,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI am sending you on one more mission to prove that you can use magic wisely. This poem will guide you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e—M.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe very last unicorn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Is now hidden well\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e By those who have put him \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Under a spell.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Four centuries, four decades \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e From that afternoon,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e At the end of November, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Before the blue moon,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e He will wake once more \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e And be free to go home \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e If you call out his name: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Divine Flower of Rome.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e You must coax him to stand \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Once his name is spoken.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e His chain will break\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e And the spell, too, be broken.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Then a young girl must love him \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e And show him the way,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Lest he be trapped forever \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e On public display.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e If he loses this chance \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e To rise and depart, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e All magic will fade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e From his horn and his heart.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A unicorn!” breathed Annie. “I love him already. \u003ci\u003eI’ll\u003c\/i\u003e show him the way!”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “But this poem is really hard to understand,” said Jack. “What kind of research book did Morgan send us?”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e He picked up the book that had been left for them by Morgan le Fay, the librarian of Camelot. The cover showed a row of skyscrapers. The title was \u003ci\u003eNew York City Guide Book, 1938\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “New York City?” said Annie. “I love New York City! Remember the great time we had there with Aunt Mallory?”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Yeah, I love it, too,” said Jack. “But why would there be a unicorn in New York City in 1938? A unicorn is an ancient fantasy creature. New York City’s a real place, and 1938 is not even that long ago.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “You’re right,” said Annie. “It sounds like a hard mission. But don’t forget we have Teddy and Kathleen’s magic rhymes to help us.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Yeah,” said Jack. He pulled out the book given to them by their friends Teddy and Kathleen, two young enchanters of Camelot. “The problem is, we can only use each rhyme once, and we’ve already used seven out of the ten.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Which means we still have three left,” said Annie. “What are they?”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003ePull a Cloud from the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e,” said Jack. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Cool,” said Annie.\u003cbr\u003e “Yeah, it is,” said Jack. “But I’m not sure it will be much use.” He looked back at the book. “\u003ci\u003eFind a Treasure You Must Never Lose\u003c\/i\u003e,” he said. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Hey, that’s a really good one!” said Annie. “The unicorn’s a treasure. So that rhyme could\u003cbr\u003e take care of our whole mission.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “But it only partly fits,” said Jack. “You could call the unicorn a treasure. But once we find him, we have to lose him. He has to go back home.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Oh, right... ,” said Annie. “What else?” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Your favorite,” said Jack. “\u003ci\u003eTurn into Ducks\u003c\/i\u003e.” \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Annie laughed. “I can’t wait to use that one!” she said.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I hope we \u003ci\u003enever\u003c\/i\u003e use that one,” said Jack. He didn’t want to waddle around and quack like a duck. “These leftover rhymes don’t seem very helpful to me.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Well, let’s just wait and see,” said Annie. “But now . . . ” She held up Morgan’s research book and smiled.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Jack nodded. “New York City, here we come,” he said. 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