The fourth and final book in the series about Kit Stixby and his friend, Prince Henry, which began with A Handful of Magic and contiued with A land Without Magic and A Wild Kind of Magic. Kit and Prince Henry set off to South America to meet up with Dr Stixby, who is on board the Oceanic Kew on a plant collecting assignment. But when they arrive the doctor has disappeared and it's up to Kit and Prince Henry to find out what's happened. Could their old adversary, Stafford Sparks, have a hand in the strange goings-on? BLAll three books in this series have been extremely well reviewed with A Handful of Magic being picked as the Guardian's book of the month BLAn author to recommend to readers who've enjoyed the Harry Potter books

 

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Oxford University Press .