Magic Tree House Merlin Missions
| # | Title | Published | Arc | Plot Summary/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Christmas in Camelot | October 10, 2001 | Quest to Save Camelot #1 | Jack and Annie go on a quest to save Camelot, a quest that will prove to a beleaguered King Arthur that children and imagination really can make a difference. Eventually Jack and Annie break the spell over Camelot and meet the Knights of the Round Table most notably Sir Lancelot. This is also the first story where Merlin the Magician sends Jack and Annie on an adventure instead of Morgan, having learned of their abilities from Morgan Le Fay. (Note: This is the 25th book chronologically, due to the main storyline built upon the end of "Earthquake in the Early Morning".) |
| 30 | Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve | 2003 | Quest to Save Camelot #2 | Jack, Annie, and Teddy must restore order to a duke's castle, on the outer realm of Camelot, for Merlin. Jack and Annie reunite with Teddy from the Enchanted Dog arc who becomes a recurring character in the rest of the books. It is also the first book where Jack and Annie perform their own magic. Jack and Annie are able to use the power of a magic hazel twig to transform themselves back to humans from ravens and Jack is able to tap into its power to defeat the Evil Raven King by turning him into a baby raven. This new ability of theirs is likely foreshadowing of later books when they start to make magic of their own. |
| 31 | Summer of the Sea Serpent | 2004 | Quest to Save Camelot #3 | Jack and Annie must retrieve the Sword of Light for Merlin for all the good of Camelot. Jack and Annie meet Kathleen who, along with Teddy, becomes a recurring character in the books, acting as their sidekick and a possible love interest for Jack. In this book Jack and Annie retrieve the Sword of Light and earn the right to wield it, learning later that the sword is in fact Excalibur and they retrieved it from Camelot's past so King Arthur can one day get it. |
| 32 | Winter of the Ice Wizard | September 28, 2004 | Quest to Save Camelot #4 | Jack and Annie must go on a mission for the evil Ice Wizard, which is retrieving one of his eyes, in order to free Merlin and Morgan. |
| 33 | Carnival at Candlelight | September 2005 | Using Magic Wisely #1 | Jack and Annie must go and save Venice, Italy from a flood disaster, but Merlin's instructions are confusing. The next four books are part of an arc where Jack and Annie complete missions to prove to Merlin that they can use magic wisely. |
| 34 | Season of the Sandstorms | 2005 | Using Magic Wisely #2 | Jack and Annie must help the caliph of ancient Baghdad spread wisdom to the world. |
| 35 | Night of the New Magicians | 2006 | Using Magic Wisely #3 | Jack and Annie travel to the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889 in the Magic Tree House. They have to save four new magicians (Alexander Graham Bell, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison, and Gustave Eiffel), before an evil sorcerer kidnaps them and steals the secrets of their magic. As it turns out, there is no evil sorcerer and the only one that shows up is Merlin himself who had wanted to meet the four. |
| 36 | Blizzard of the Blue Moon | 2006 | Using Magic Wisely #4 | Jack and Annie travel in the Magic Tree House to the New York City of the Great Depression in 1938. They must help a unicorn under a spell. However, two evil sorcerers in training, Balor and Grinda, are up to the same challenge. In this book, Jack and Annie are given the power to make magic on their own via a magic wand. |
| 37 | Dragon of the Red Dawn | March 2007 | Happiness #1 | Jack and Annie travel back in the Magic Tree House to feudal Japan to find the first of four secrets of happiness for Merlin the magician because Morgan has noticed that he does not feel well, does not eat or sleep, and is tired. To do this, they must spend the day with famous Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Basho. |
| 38 | Monday with a Mad Genius | August 28, 2007 | Happiness #2 | Jack and Annie travel back in the Magic Tree House to Florence, Italy, to find the second of four secrets of happiness. To do this, they must help Leonardo da Vinci all day, "morning, noon, and afternoon, till the night bird sings its song." |
| 39 | Dark Day in the Deep Sea | March 25, 2008 | Happiness #3 | The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to a deserted island, in the 1870s, looking for another secret of happiness. They get rescued by scientists on a ship, in the Atlantic Ocean, and end up helping the scientists, who are looking for a sea monster. Will they be able to help the scientist and find the secret of happiness? This book is 144 pages long, making it the longest book in the series. |
| 40 | Eve of the Emperor Penguin | September 23, 2008 | Happiness #4 | Jack and Annie go to Antarctica to try to find their last secret of happiness, but they only find penguins. Only the penguins have the answer to this question. This is the only book where it is specifically stated that Jack and Annie did not travel through time. They also use the wand to make magic twice: once to find the penguins and a second time to teleport to Mount Erebus, the only time they use its power twice. |
| 41 | Moonlight on the Magic Flute | March 10, 2009 | Inspiring #1 | Jack and Annie head to 18th-century Austria, where they must find and help a musician by the name of Mozart. Decked out in the craziest outfits they’ve ever worn—including a wig for Jack and a giant hoopskirt for Annie, the two siblings search an entire palace to no avail. Their hunt is further hampered by the appearance of a mischievous little boy who is determined to follow them everywhere. But when the boy lets the animals out of the palace zoo, Jack and Annie have to use the only magic at their disposal to save themselves and the naughty little boy. The party is in the Summer Palace at five o'clock in the evening on October 13, 1762. |
| 42 | A Good Night for Ghosts | July 28, 2009 | Inspiring #2 | Jack and Annie are on their second mission to find—and inspire—artists to bring happiness to millions. After traveling to New Orleans, Jack and Annie come head to head with some real ghosts, as well as discover the world of jazz when they meet a young Louis Armstrong. |
| 43 | Leprechaun in Late Winter | January 12, 2010 | Inspiring #3 | The kids meet a leprechaun girl in their third mission to put "artists" on the right path. The leprechaun girl grows up to be Lady Gregory, a famous legendteller of the Irish lore. Can the kids save Gregory and put the third artist on the right path? This is the first time that something that one of the kids has written has been used to travel through time: the kids time travel by wishing using Jack's notes on where they are traveling to. They travel to 1862 to go to Ireland. |
| 44 | A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time | September 14, 2010 | Inspiring #4 | The kids are whisked back to Victorian England to help famed author Charles Dickens. The kids know Charles had everything he wants. Will the kids find the thing Charles wants? The kids are thrown in jail, only to be saved by Charles Dickens! To find Charles' secret, they will need help from three ghosts and get to know Charles very, very, well. |
| 45 | A Crazy Day with Cobras | January 11, 2011 | Penny's Spell #1 | When Penny, Merlin's beloved penguin (from Eve of the Emperor Penguin), is accidentally turned to stone by Teddy, the kids must travel to an Indian desert and find an ingredient to a spell before Merlin comes back. Jack and Annie have to escape a swarm of king cobras and meet the infamous All-Power Great Mogul. To start their quest, Jack and Annie must find an emerald rose to find the first piece of breaking Penny's spell. |
| 46 | Dogs in the Dead of Night | August 9, 2011 | Penny's Spell #2 | Jack and his sister Annie travel to Swiss Alps to get the second magical object to break the spell on the beloved baby penguin, Penny. They face a dog rescue and many other adventures. |
| 47 | Abe Lincoln At Last | December 27, 2011 | Penny's Spell #3 | Jack and Annie travel to the time of the Civil War, and they must help a friend of Abe's in order to find the third gift for breaking Penny's spell, the friend, is an orphan named Sam. It's a race against time as Jack and Annie try to decide to do what is right. But they must have hope. That is what Abe was mostly known for, after all. |
| 48 | A Perfect Time For Pandas | July 24, 2012 | Penny's Spell #4 | Jack and Annie are whisked to China to find a certain type of food. But when they arrive disaster strikes! How will Jack and Annie Survive the Earthquake? Will they be able to rescue the Pandas? And How will they get back to the tree house or their beloved home? Also, will they ever save Penny from the spell? In this story, Jack and Annie travel to a modern time for once, wearing their own clothes for the first time in a very long time and experience the Great Sichuan Earthquake. |
| 49 | Stallion at Starlight | March 26, 2013 | TBA | Jack and Annie visit ancient Macedonia to meet Alexander the Great as a boy. Jack and Annie will train Alexander's famous stallion, Bucephalus for the prince. |
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