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It is Book Trailer Tuesday and today’s book trailer is called Kingston and the Magician’s Lost and Found  by Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi. Kingston and the Magician's Lost and Found  is about Kingston’s father who disappears through a magic mirror and does not return.  The family moves into his father’s old home in Brooklyn, and Kingston begins to see visions of his father.  The book was just released last week, so it has not yet made it to Sora - but soon will.  Still, watch the trailer or listen to the audio excerpt!













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