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It sounds a little like The Magic Circle by Tamora Pierce.
That may be it, but I'm not sure. I mostly remember the part about the first kid willing the cards to change during a game of three card monte, but I can't find that anywhere.
Ben, Well, we'll leave it in the unsolved folder for now, Ben. Please let us know though.
Krista wrote: "It sounds a little like The Magic Circle by Tamora Pierce."No, in that Tamora Piece series there were four kids with magic, and it didn't start with a boy and a card game.
Midnight for Charlie Bone? The series includes about 8 books by now. I started reading them a couple years ago. Your description is similar to this series.
Taylor wrote: "Midnight for Charlie Bone? The series includes about 8 books by now. I started reading them a couple years ago. Your description is similar to this series."No, it's not Charlie Bone. No where in the series do they have magic playing cards. The story begins with a boy seeing a flying newspaper in the street/gutter; he picked it up and heard voices coming from there: cats meowing, a mean boy talking, and an older man talking about a fire. Charlie Bone, in the first book, can hear voices from newspapers, pictures, ect.
Ben wrote: "This has been killing me lately. As far as I can remember, the book starts out with a boy walking around the streets. He walks up a shell game type gambling table in the street--a man has 3 cards t..."the book you are referring to, which i loved as a kid and have been fruitlessly searching for like you, btw, ben, is called "diadem". it was an awesome read and i totally forgot it was part of a series.
the following cover shot should refresh your memory. :) enjoy!
http://dynamic.images.indigo.ca/books/05...
that should solve this question :)
I'm having the same problem with this book I read it when I was in junior high i seem to remember that there were 3 kids that all had powers 1 being the power to be able to change things the other 2 I can't remember they go in to the alternate universe that has Unicorns magic stones and I seem to remember but they all came from a different worlds and all met 1 place 1 kid came from a poor world 1 kid came from a world that was all virtual i cant remember the girl came from about there were 4 books I would really like to be able to read the books again so if anybody has any more information to work because they are please post
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Im 100% positive this is the same book I remember this part in the story it was the firs chapter of the book... the first three chapters told the back ground story of each kid... in this one the kid gound out he chiuld change things with his mind in a store. When he was starking and inly had change he changed a nickle in to a 20 $ bill and started to get beter at it then played the clam shell game that was riged after winning 3 times the owner of the game chases him and some how this kid goes into a parellel world.... at that the chapter ends and it pans off to the kid that lives in avertual world and tells his story.....
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from a GR review: "Each of these three kids is unique on their own worlds in that they are magic users, only they don't know it. They join forces on the world of Treen, after escaping dangerous situations on their home worlds. The three form an uneasy partnership as they try to navigate learning magic."
One of the kids, Score, was a NYC street kid.
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What's the Name of That Book???
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The boy is unaware of his special power to transform objects. While playing this card game, he concentrates hard on the card he HOPES he will pick (I think he needs to pick the queen to win the money). He concentrates so hard that he uses his special power and transforms the card into a face card (queen, maybe) and wins the money. He has to run away because the card man accuses him of cheating.
Eventually, the boy meets up with 2 kids who also have untapped powers. I can't remember much about the quest they go on, but it is to somehow train their powers and get closer to some kind of core or source of their powers. The closer they get to the source, the stronger their powers become (e.g., as the boy gets closer to the source, he can transform things from farther away).
The only other thing I remember is: at one point the girl in the group gets attacked (either shot at with bullets or arrows). The boy I described in the beginning quickly uses his power to turn the bullets or arrows into rose petals right before they hit the girl's face. I could be falsely remembering this last part....