false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172252008m/153643.jpg 153643 8 <P>A magic show is in town! </P><P>See Jane float through the air. Watch the head in the box move its lips and talk (that's Paul behind the whiskers). See tall, light-hearted Mr. Mysterious--Pa himself--make a cow lay an egg and a chicken give milk. Follow the adventures and high comedy of this family of magicians traveling in a show wagon through the Old West. The wonder workers are heading for California, where Pa intends to retire the show so that the kids can go to school. But the frontier has tricks of its own up its sleeve, and the magicians find themselves in hairbreadth escapes and nose-to-nose encounters with villains galore--including the notorious and short-tempered Badlands Kid.</P>Mr. Mysterious & Company, otherwise known as the Hackett family, is a traveling magic show making its way across the country toward California. When this family passes through town in their brightly painted wagon, anything can happen--even the capture of a notorious bandit, the Badlands Kid! Here is the Newbery Medalist's first book for children, reissued for a new generation of readers. 2107975 1962 Mr. Mysterious & Company total:32|5:16|4:12|3:4| 32 140 46 3 5 0 false false Thu Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Mon Feb 09 06:19:56 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 06:23:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 28 22:08:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 22:09:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Fri Apr 25 09:14:31 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 09:17:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 25 07:43:17 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 07:43:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 05 09:22:51 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 09:22:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 05 05:27:37 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 05:27:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 13:29:23 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 13:31:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 13:27:42 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 13:27:58 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 19 20:10:26 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 20:10:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 06 22:48:33 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 22:48:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 10:31:50 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 10:31:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 21:49:07 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 21:49:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 13 05:24:33 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 05:24:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 15:28:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 15:28:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 24 20:54:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 20:54:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 19 18:47:45 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 18:47:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 20:53:49 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 20:53:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 08 21:29:47 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 21:29:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 15 11:41:37 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 11:41:37 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 08 20:37:54 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 16:16:04 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 20:37:54 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=153643