جادو فروش (Wizard for Hire #1)

Fourteen-year-old Ozzy lives near Portland, Oregon, and is desperate for help. His scientist parents have been kidnapped after discovering a formula that enables mind control. Their work was so top secret Ozzy is afraid to go to the police, but without help, he fears he'll never find his parents. Then he stumbles across a classified ad in the local newspaper that says "Wizard for Hire. Call 555-SPEL." Ozzy has read about wizards in books like Harry Potter, but wizards couldn't actually exist today, could they? After Ozzy meets the wizard Labyrinth--aka Rin--he's even more skeptical.

Sure, Rin dresses like a wizard, but the short robe and high-top tennis shoes seem unorthodox, as does Rin's habit of writing notes on his shoes and eating breakfast for every meal. Plus, Rin doesn't even cast any magic spells, which means that the unexplained coincidences that start happening around Ozzy are just that--coincidences.

With the help of a robotic-talking raven invented by Ozzy's father, a kind and curious girl at school who decides to help Ozzy, and, of course, a self-proclaimed wizard who may or may not have a magical wand, Ozzy begins an unforgettable quest that will lead him closer to the answers he desperately seeks about his missing parents.

اوزی چهارده‌ساله در پورتلند زندگی می‎کند. پدر و مادرش دانشمندند و بعد از کشف یک فرمول سری ناپدید شده‎اند. اوزی نمی‎تواند از پلیس کمک بگیرد، چون کار پدر و مادرش فوق سری بوده، از طرفی هم باید آن‌ها را پیدا کند. او بعد از دیدن یک آگهی عجیب در روزنامه‎ی محلی، که مربوط به فروش جادو است، با جادوگری به نام رین آشنا می‎شود. رین ظاهری شبیه جادوگران دارد با پوششی عجیب و غریب. اوزی به همراه رین، هم‎کلاسی مهربان و کنجکاوش و همچنین، کلاغِ روباتیکی که پدرش ساخته وارد مأموریت اصلی‌شان می‎شوند: یافتن پدر و مادر اوزی!