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In Jaxon's world, there used to be magic, but it has been fading away, so there isn't enough magic in Brooklyn, where he lives, to support magical creatures.
He doesn't know that yet -- not until his mother has to spend the day in court dealing with a nasty landlord, and leaves him in the home of a cranky old woman only known as Ma, . Jaxon is sure he's going to be miserable, and at first it looks like he's right. Then things just start happening, beginning with a mysterious package covered with foreign stamps, and a squirrel that is desperate to break into the kitchen at get at that package. Jaxon's mother raised him to be polite, but it's hard when Ma is so mean ... at least, for a while.
When Jaxon goes on a delivery errand with Ma, suddenly everything starts changing. He's full of questions, and as he learns the truth about Ma and what was in the package, his world changes around him -- and he steps into another time, and then another world. When he and Ma are separated, he is desperate to get help, to find and rescue her. Since he left her behind in a place inhabited by dinosaurs, he turns to the only dinosaur expert he knows, his friend Vikram. Unfortunately, Vikram brings along his little sister, Kavita, who goes digging into Ma's purse ... and before Jaxon knows it, they've broken the most important rules Ma told him: don't let the dragons out into the light, and don't feed them.
So very much happens, so quickly, in this lovely story about learning and growing up and needing to think fast and be smart. I hope there are more adventures for Jaxon and Ma, as he becomes her apprentice and learns about the magic that remains in the world.
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