My Son the Wizard: 5 (Wizard in Rhyme)

A WORLD OF TROUBLES - TIMES TWO!Matt Mantrell -- Her Majestys Wizard -- conjured himself from magical Merovence to Jersey City for a long-delayed visit to his parents. Back in his hometown vicious drug-dealing gangs had reduced Matts old neighborhood to a wasteland driven his father out of business and forced his parents to the brink of destitution and homelessness. The only answer was for Matt to transport them -- permanently -- to Merovence.But once back in that realm with his parents in tow Matt found that Merovence and the neighboring Kingdom of Ibile faced imminent subjugation by the conquest-hungry Moors. As Queen Alisande led her army to engage the enemy head-on Matt launched his own campaign -- with the aid of his fledgling wizard father the faithful dragon Stegoman and a hapless tag-along thief. Grappling with djinnis matching wits with a Moorish military genius and trading spells with sinister sorcerers they sought to root out the real enemy behind the mayhem: a cunning and deadly wizard who served the most evil master of all . . .