The Rope Trick

It's magic! The great American writer Lloyd Alexander conjures a gripping tale of a bewitching illusionist. Lidi is not only beautiful-she has the ability to execute the best magic accomplishment imaginable-the rope trick. Yet she has to discover the one master who could educate her how.

On her mission to discover master illusionist Ferramondo, she fulfills some traveling friends who all help on the journey: a youngster with real supernatural powers, a handsome outlaw with a rate on his head, an effective business owner who wants her in his performers. Yet when the kid is abducted, Lidi has to desert the search and also summon her very own powers to save the lady. The thrilling final thought is Alexander on top of his kind in a remarkable dream that is both light and also dark, funny and also significant, believable and also magical. As constantly with an Alexander story, the actual illusionist is the writer himself.