The Magic Misfits 2. Neil Patrick Harris

      

      First published in Great Britain 2018

      by Egmont UK Limited

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      Published by arrangement with Little, Brown and company,

      a division of Hachette Book Group inc., New York, New York, USA

      Text and inside illustrations © 2018 Neil Patrick Harris

      Story illustrations by Lissy Marlin

      How-to illustrations by Kyle Hilton

      The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2018

      ISBN 978 1 4052 9063 0

      Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1840 0

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       To Harper and Gideon,

       because the latter was listed first

       in the previous book

       and the former was far from pleased.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

WELCOME BACK!

ONE—the first one, the second time. Because this is the second book

TWO—the second second one

THREE—the first one after the second

FOUR—not the third

FIVE—this is how many fingers I have on my right hand. Not really important here, though

SIX—if you multiply the 2nd chapter by the 3rd, you’d get this one

       SEVEN—this one is after that one

       EIGHT—this one is before the next one

       NINE—is anyone still reading these?

       TEN—this is the number of all my fingers! Again, not really relevant

       ELEVEN—or 2 in Roman numerals, but that’s confusing

       TWELVE—there are this many royals in a deck of cards

       THIRTEEN—number of cards in a suit

       FOURTEEN—you’ll find this one on page 134

       FIFTEEN—why isn’t it five-teen? I’ve always wondered

       SIXTEEN—again, are you still reading these?

       SEVENTEEN—lots of e’s in seventeen

       EIGHTEEN—when you say this out loud, sometimes people think you are saying eighty

       NINETEEN—can you imagine if there were eighty chapters?

       TWENTY—that would be about fifty chapters too many

       TWENTY-ONE—this is the official adult chapter

       TWENTY-TWO—a number so nice, they named it twice

       TWENTY-THREE—yeesh, did we have this many chapters last time?

       TWENTY-FOUR—this just seems excessive

       TWENTY-FIVE—uuuughhhhhh

       TWENTY-SIX—oh wait—this one is cool. Twenty-six is the number of red cards in a deck. So that’s cool

       TWENTY-SEVEN—or twenty-seven, if you count the joker

       TWENTY-EIGHT—wait, is the joker red?

       TWENTY-NINE—I looked it up – sometimes

       THIRTY!—the last chapter! Made it. Whew. Now turn the page already!

       NOTHING TO SEE HERE...

       A PROMISE TO RETURN

       WHAT’S MORSE CODE?

       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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