Companion book to: Midnight magic and Murder at midnight Mangus the Magician and his thirteen-year-old servant, Fabrizio, are commanded to go to Venice, on pain of death, to find a book by Friar Luca Pacioli which reportedly contains a magical means of making money; but Venice is a strange and dangerous city, and someone else is also after the book--then Mangus is arrested, and taken to the prison, and Fabrizio and Bianca, an orphan he has met, must find a way to secure the book, save Magnus, and themselves Ages 8-12.Grades 4-6.

1. Magicians -- Juvenile fiction; 2. Orphans -- Juvenile fiction; 3. Magic tricks -- Juvenile fiction; 4. Renaissance -- Italy -- Venice -- Juvenile fiction; 5. Adventure stories; 6. Venice (Italy) -- History -- 15th century -- Juvenile fiction; 7. Action and adventure fiction.; 8. Fiction.; 9. Historical fiction.; 10. History.; 11. Juvenile works.;