Enter a wonderful world filled with real magic, mystery, and danger. As if being small and having S. Horten as his name isn''t bad enough, now 10-year-old Stuart is forced to move far away from all his friends.But on his very first day in his new home, Stuart''s swept up in an extraordinary adventure: the quest to find his great-uncle Tony--a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth--and Tony''s marvelous, long-lost workshop. Along the way, Stuart reluctantly accepts help from the annoying triplets next door… and encounters trouble from another magician who''s also desperate to get hold of Tony''s treasures. A quirky, smart, charming page-turner, Horten''s Miraculous Mechanisms will enchant young readers--as well as teachers, librarians, and parents.    Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal (2012) and the Guardian Children''s Fiction Prize (2011)