Twelve-year-old Maggie Malloy can make wishes come true. But she s learned that people like magic better in storybooks than in real life, and longs to find someone who understands her power. When she s forced to spend a year with her grandmother, Maggie discovers an old magic repair shop and the owner, Mr. McGuire, is a real magician, just like Maggie She becomes Mr. Maguire s apprentice and learns how to repair cauldrons, break disfiguring hexes, and mend magic hats that won t stop duplicating rabbits. But Maggie is in more trouble than she bargained for when an evil magician, Milo the Magnificent, comes to town with his deadly magic act ."