Jacqueline Davies is the acclaimed author of several children's books, including the best-selling Lemonade War series and the picture book The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon. She lives with her family in Needham, Massachusetts. Visit her websites at or .

Jessie and Evan Treski have waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class trial,unmasked a bell thief, and stood at opposite ends over the right to keep secrets. Now they are creating a magic showa professional magic show, in their own backyard! They practice, they study, and they practice some more. And who shows up? Their father, who has done such a good job of disappearing over the past fewyears. Just as Evan and Jessie took on running a business inThe LemonadeWarand a court of law in The Lemonade Crime, in this fifth novel of the bestselling Lemonade War series, they take on the challenges of magic and illusion all while discovering somehidden truths about their own family. Anotherfresh, funny, emotionally charged novel by the author whom Books for Kids calls, "e;one of the best writers for the middle grades around."e;