Maggie Malone and the Mostly Magical Boots

Maggie Malone Series

Author: Jenna McCarthy

Author: Carolyn Evans

Book 1 in the Maggie Malone series

Pages: 220

Published: 2014

Age: 9+

Maggie Malone just got the worst news of her life: Her dad has lost his job and she has to leave her beloved private school and switch to the huge public Pinkerton Middle School—the one everyone calls Stinkerton for obvious reasons. On top of it all, Maggie is about to turn twelve and she just knows it’s going to be a big bust.

When her crazy Aunt Fiona sends her a pair of dirty old cowboy boots for her birthday, Maggie’s fears are confirmed. At least, until she puts on the boots and Frank the Genie shows up. It turns out the boots aren’t any old boots—they’re Mostly Magical Boots. The “Mostly” part means the boots come with a catch: Maggie can’t cast spells (No turning her brother Mickey into a hamster? Rats!) or magically make her curly hair straight. Instead, when Maggie slips into the MMBs, she gets the chance to be somebody else for a whole day. Anybody she wants! And who wouldn’t want to be megafamous teen rock sensation Becca Starr?

About the Maggie Malone Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Maggie Malone and the Mostly Magical Boots(2014)
  2. 2.Maggie Malone Gets the Royal Treatment(2014)
  3. 3.Maggie Malone Makes a Splash(2015)

Reading age: 9+ years

If you could be anyone—who would you choose?

Sixth grader Maggie Malone is having her worst birthday ever. She's the new girl at Pinkerton Middle School where she has zero friends. And her favorite gift-giving aunt sent her a pair of boring, brown, hand-me-down boots. (Yeah, those'll make her popular.) Maggie wishes her life could be more like tween pop sensation Becca Starr's.

BAM!

When Maggie looks around there's no ball gown or handsome prince—just a bright spotlight... and twenty thousand screaming fans. It turns out Maggie's boots are more than a little magical. And now she gets to spend a day in the life of anyone she chooses!

Be careful what you wish for...