Middle School Is No Place For Magic
by Mimi Olson
| Illustrated by Jenny Zemanek
| Middle Grade
| Published 09-01-2023
Jay mastered spoon-bending by the age of eight, silk tricks by ten, and has become a talented cardician. Jay has been assisting his Dad with his magic act for years and it’s growing OLD! He just wants to play basketball, and spend time with his friends, but with so much weighing on his family the last thing Jay wants to do is disappoint the people he loves. . The clock starts ticking when his dad signs them up to perform their magic act at his school’s talent show. Will Jay find the courage to speak his mind, or will he end up being the laughingstock of Barrington Middle School? Sometimes, Jay wishes he could disappear for real!
Middle School Is No Place For Magic is a FINALIST for the Midwest Book Awards for Young Adult fiction and Cover Design!
Cover illustration by Jenny Zemanek
Mimi Olson has been writing professionally for over 30 years, starting in high school with a sports reporting gig at a local newspaper. Publications include pieces in Metro Parent, Jack and Jill, High Five Magazine, Pulse and Highlights. She lives in Ann Arbor with her husband, daughter, and two very spoiled cats. Middle School is No Place for Magic is her debut novel.
Jenny Zemanek is an artist and illustrator who does freelance work from Columbus, Ohio. She has created work for clients like HarperCollins Publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bonnier Books UK, Skyhorse Publishing, and Spencer Hill Press. This is her first cover illustration for Fifth Avenue Press.