by Linda Chapman & Steve Cole (2009)
When new step-siblings Milly, Michael, Jason, and Jess move to a town in the middle of nowhere, the last thing they expect is to find a magic book. But when they stumble upon The Genie's Handbook, their lives are changed forever. Each chapter in The Genie Handbook contains one of six stages of training to be mastered, and the kids are thrilled at the prospect of becoming genies. Then they discover Skribble, the crotchety, magical bookworm who lives inside the book. Unfortunately, he's eaten a lot of the important bits, and seems to have a secret agenda of his own. Both helped and hindered by the bookworm, the four kids attempt to train to be genies-with results both comic and chaotic. Will it take a near-disaster for the family to realize that you have to be very careful what you wish for?
P.B. Kerr
Fourteen-year-old djinn twins John and Philippa travel from the Himalayas to Yellowstone National Park seeking to uncover and protect five holy men before the wicked djinn responsible for upsetting the balance of the world's luck finds them.
Mercedes Lackey
A second anthology of new stories set in the universe of Lackey's Elemental Masters alternate-reality Edwardian London features magically gifted individuals whose stories are loosely based on classic fairy tales and includes contributions by leading genre authors.
Mary Norton
With the powers they acquire from a spinster who is studying to be a witch, three children go on a number of exciting and gruesome trips. Contains both titles: "The Magic Bedknob" and "Bonfires and Broomsticks." In *The Magic Bedknob*, Carey, Charles and Paul 6 find prim Miss Price injured by falling off her broomstick. For their silence, she bespells a bedknob to carry them where-ever and when-ever. In *Bonfires and Broomsticks* two years later, they bring necromancer Emelius Jones to visit. But his neighbors want to burn him at the stake for disappearing in the Great Fire of London.
Miranda Jones
Ali doesn't feel like going to school today. And with Little Genie around, she doesn' t have to. She'll let Genie take her place!Is it a good idea to let a little genie pretend to be a human girl? The sparkling pink sand in Little Genie's watch is starting to move--time for Ali to make a wish and find out!From the Trade Paperback edition.