"Taylor stood there staring at the mirror. She was hypnotized. It was as if someone had sprinkled bright colors of glitter into a fog that danced around and around." Taylor Kirke is an adventurous ten-year-old girl who hates history and dreads writing her history paper. One October afternoon on the way home from school, Taylor and Zach take a detour to an old haunted house. They get the history lesson of a lifetime when they are drawn into the colorful fog of a mirror inside the run-down home. Once the fog clears, Taylor and Zach realize they are in a completely different world. Very frightened and confused, they soon discover they are in the year 1903 They meet a family of their ancestors who comfort the children by taking them under their wing and helping them adjust to a new way of life. Taylor and Zach learn firsthand what it was like to live in the early 1900s while they try to figure out how to get back home. Little does Taylor know that her attempts to return to 2003 will forever alter the course of someone "else's" life. "The Magic Mirror" is a charming tale of learning to appreciate family bonds, mixed with plenty of time-traveling, and life-changing adventure.