Sunday, March 25, 2018

Candy Shop War

If you like magic, excitement, danger, and candy, this is the book for you.  This is the first book in the Candy Shop War series.  Nate has moved to a new town and is trying to make friends in the summer before school starts.  He meets Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon who live nearby and who also happen to be going into 5th grade just like Nate!

After the first day of school the four walk home and stop by a new Candy Shop in town run by Mrs. White.  They discover she has magic candy that she will give them, but only if they do her a "favor" first.   She first gives them rock candy that makes you weightless, which they also need to do the job for her of stealing a watch and book from the museum. (She's only borrowing it :) )  After they complete the first job, she has another job, and another because she is on the hunt for a very powerful treasure.  Mr. Stott, who drives the ice cream truck, wants to stop Mrs. White and the kids begin to help him.  Nate and his friends begin to wonder who they can trust and so they decide to go after the treasure on their own, and thus begins the WAR!


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Mull, Brandon. The Candy Shop War. Aladdin, 2014.