The Night of Wishes

From the author of&#160;<i>The Neverending Story</i> a book that reminds us that &#147;magic&#151;be it good or bad&#151;is no simple matter.&#148;<br><br>It's New Year&#146;s Eve at the Villa Nightmare but Beelzebub Preposteror is in no mood for celebration. As the Shadow Sorcery Minister Preposteror has a duty to perform a certain number of evil deeds in service to the Minister of Pitch Darkness. But this year to his horror he&#146;s nowhere near meeting that quota. Preposteror has all but given up when who should make an unexpected visit but his aunt the witch Tyrannia Vampirella. She has come with a diabolical proposal that just might be the solution to Preposterer&#146;s dilemma: together they will brew the fabled Notion Potion &#147;one of the most ancient and powerful evil spells in the universe&#148; and their every&#160;evil wish will be granted.<br><br>The only thing that stands in their way is a most unlikely team&#151;a cat named Mauricio di Mauro and a raven known as Jacob Scribble who have just hours to thwart&#160;the plans of their sorcerer masters and save the world from destruction.