The Trick and the Treat

Septimo the magician has one trick: a card trick where the Jack of Hearts mysteriously flies into the air and disappears – only to reappear over someone’s head and then float back to the deck. But the truth is, it is not a trick at all – it is real. Septimo received the trick one Halloween night when he was seven years old – and he has been using it ever since. Until one Halloween night many years later when the Jack of Hearts suddenly disappears. Where did it go? Maybe the girl with the sparkling green eyes knows…