Moonlight on the Magic Flute: A Merlin Mission
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Authors: Mary Pope Osborne
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I
’ve always wanted Jack and Annie to go to the country of Austria, and now, finally, they do in
Moonlight on the Magic Flute
. When I was a small child, my family lived in Austria for three years. Our home was in Salzburg, a beautiful old town situated on the banks of a river and surrounded by mountains. Best of all, a huge castle sits on a hilltop in Salzburg overlooking the town. I could see the castle from the windows of our house!
Living in Austria was like living in a fairy tale. I’m certain it gave me my love of fairy tales and folklore, and it also gave me the feeling from a very early age that everyday life has a touch of magic to it. So I hope that now you, too, will have a great trip to this country that meant so much to me a long time ago.
Text copyright © 2009 by Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Sal Murdocca
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Osborne, Mary Pope.
Moonlight on the magic flute / by Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Sal Murdocca. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (Magic tree house; #41)
“A Merlin mission.”
“A Stepping Stone book.”
Summary: Jack and Annie travel to Vienna, Austria, in 1762, where they meet the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister and help save the budding genius’s life.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89463-3
[1. Time travel—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,
1756–1791—Fiction. 4. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 5. Vienna (Austria)—History—
18th century—Fiction. 6. Austria—History—1740–1789—Fiction.]
I. Murdocca, Sal, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.O81167Mpl 2009 [Fic]—dc22 2008022608
RL: 2.7
v3.0
To Janet, Alan, Colin, and Ross,
who have known for a long time
that music is magic
And with special thanks
to Dr. Jack Hrkach
“I watched the music turn to light.”
—Sara Teasdale,
A Minuet of Mozart’s
O
ne summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, a mysterious tree house appeared in the woods. A brother and sister named Jack and Annie soon learned that the tree house was magic—it could take them to any time and any place in history. They also learned that the tree house belonged to Morgan le Fay, a magical librarian from the legendary realm of Camelot.
After Jack and Annie traveled on many adventures for Morgan, Merlin the magician began sending them on “Merlin Missions” in the tree house. With help from two young sorcerers named Teddy and Kathleen, Jack and Annie visited four
mythical
places and found valuable objects to help save Camelot.
On their next eight Merlin Missions, Jack and Annie once again traveled to
real
times and
real
places in history: Venice, Baghdad, Paris, New
York City, Tokyo, Florence, the deep ocean, and Antarctica. After proving to Merlin that they could use magic wisely, they were awarded the Wand of Dianthus, a powerful magic wand that helped them make their own magic. With the wand, Jack and Annie were able to find four secrets of happiness to help Merlin when he was in trouble.
Now Jack and Annie are waiting to hear from Merlin again….