THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF COSENTINO:FALL INTO THE MAGICAL ADVENTURES OF COSENTINO IN

The Missing Ace!

AVAILABLE NOW FROM ALL GOOD BOOKSTORES!

COSENTINO has a group of very talented assistants and loyal friends, but they always seem to get on the wrong side of the evil, two headed-King and his army of 52. Cosentino and his friends have to use every trick in the book to get

themselves out of trouble and save the day!

A NEW series of magical adventures from Australia,s

only Grand Illusionist, CoSENTiNo and

JACK HEATH!

CoSENTiNo, THE GRAND ILLUSIONIST!

…Dangling on a burning rope while chained above a tank full of hungry sharks… there’s

only one hero who can beat those odds…

MEET the PLAYERS

Celebrity Impersonator at Siegfried Alley, Coppertown (since escaping from the royal zoo)Abilities: Can disguise himself as anything

Professor Camouflage

King of Magicland, Silver Castle, Silver CityAbilities: Hypnotism

the king of Diamonds

Lettuce disposal expert in Cos’s hatAbilities: Appearing and disappearing, heightened senses

snuggles

Magician at Copperpot Theatre, Coppertown

Abilities: Escape, Sleight of hand,

telekinesis, Illusion

Cosentino

Cos’s partner at Copperpot Theatre, Coppertown.

Abilities: Lock-picking

Locki

King’s henchman at Silver Castle, Silver City

Abilities: Can smell magic

hollow

Soldier in the Army of 52, Silver Castle, Silver City.

Abilities: Transformation

ACE

Dungeon Master and Game Show Host, The Arcade, Silver CityAbilities: Super strong. can’t be hurt and very smart. A mastermind.

PUZZLER

Princess of Magicland, Silver Castle, Silver City

Abilities: Levitation, sweet, kind heart and extremely clever.

Princess priscilla

King’s bodyguard, Silver Castle, Silver City

Abilities: Super strong

FLEX

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Shark Tank

‘I will be chained up and hanging by a burning rope over this shark tank’.

The crowd stared in horror. Locki struck a match and touched it to the rope…

Escape from the evil two-headed king… AND pick the right door…?

This could be the trick of his life

IF HE CAN PULL IT OFF?

CHAIN

padlock

HOOK

pulley

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Help me!

I need somewhere to hide!

“Ladies and gentlemen, this could be my

last illusion”…

But can our hero, Cosentino, protect Ace from the King’s army…

Trick the dungeon master…

Kachunk!

ABOUT the CREATORS

The flames raced up the rope. The sharks were swimming back and forth under his feet. The fire was getting hotter. The first padlock opened, the second padlock was loose.

Cosentino is now regarded as one of the world’s leading magicians

and escape artists. He is the multiple winner of the

prestigious Merlin Award (the Oscar for international

magicians) and is the highest selling live act in his

home country, Australia. Cosentino’s four prime-time

TV specials have aired in over 40 countries and he has

toured his award-winning live shows to full houses

across the world.

Jack Heath is the author of best-selling

300 Minutes of Danger.

His action-packed books

have sold more than

100,000 copies worldwide,

and have been shortlisted

for multiple awards.

James Hart is an Australian children’s

illustrator who has

illustrated many books,

and who worked on the

TV show The Day My

Butt Went Psycho.

Go to scholastic.com.au/cosentino for a sneak-peek trailer!

Only one to go… but the burning rope snapped… There’s only one hero who can beat these odds…

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