Nothing Up My Sleeve

When Dominic, Loop, & Z stumble upon the Conjuring Cats magic shop, their summer plans start looking up. Even the owner's daughter, Ariel, with her condescending manner and obvious dislike of them, can't scare the boys away. They start to learn how to do sleights of hand, each focusing on a differen......more

This is a great book for middle school age youth. Friends, family, and magic are a good combination and the author presents it in a way that readers this age will find interesting. There is an ease to the book with enough interest in the varying complexities of family and friends, jealousy, competit......more

Had to slog through this one. Dominic, Loop and Z happen upon a store with all kinds of merchandise to perform magic tricks. Ariel, the owner's daughter, is the reigning champion of the teen magic competition. The boys decide to learn magic and enter the competition. The only interesting part is the......more

I have never put in the work to become a magician, but I've found that I love reading books about them! Nothing Up My Sleeve stars three sixth-grade boys; Loop, Dominic, and Z. They get interested in magic after visiting a shop called the Conjuring Cats. I loved this book because the characters were......more

1) The magic tricks were pretty cool in this book. Lopez gives us enough of a taste of the tricks each boy learns without revealing too much of how it's done. (A magician never reveals his/her secrets!) 2) I liked the arc for Ariel... How she gets the boys to compete against each other. Her part got......more