Tom Easton (Author) Tom Easton is the author of over forty books, including books on vampires, pirates, teen girl boxers and teen boy knitters. I don't like how he solely used magic to defeat the bullies either as whilst it's a fun read it doesn't help children know what to do with any bullies that may be in their life. I think any younger would need it to be read to them and enjoyment would be dependent on their level of understanding. There are black and white pictures as well as doodles of playing cards and a a top hat on each page. He lives in Surrey with his wife and three children and in his spare time works as a Production Manager for Hachette Children's Books.

This children’s book tells the tale of Max Mullers, an East End boy with a quirky family and supportive group of friends who can’t wait to be the best magician in the world! There are some moral dilemmas where Max has to decide what is right and what is wrong which I thought would encourage children to think about similar situations. He helps his dad on the market and often uses his magic to wow passers-by to help sell some of the toys from the stall.Aimed at probably the over 8s market - I'm obviously too old for the tales of Max Magic - but I enjoyed it none the less. Max Magic follows a boy named Max who loves magic and impressing all his family and friends with his tricks but he has some bullies who aren't so impressed both at school and at his dads market stall so he decides he needs to work out how to get them off his back.

Max is a great main character, and I can't wait to find out more about his family - each of them could easily be a main character in their own book.Now his dad is having to pay a large sum of money to the twins, or he will lose his stall, and Max feels like it's all his fault.