It's a dream come true for 8 year old Oliver when he is invited to be the magician at a birthday party. Desperate for help with his stage fright, he visits the Great Zoocheeni's Magic Emporium, and comes away with a top hat containing a wisecracking rabbit named Benny, who agrees to help Oliver with his act. But in this series debut for readers 7 to 10, Oliver is accused of robbery, and he'll need to solve the mystery of the missing robo-cat before he and Benny can amaze the crowd with their grand finale.

"With a talking rabbit on the lam, this amusing story of friendship, failure, and success (and an erupting candy volcano) neatly slips in vocabulary along the way. Readers shouldn't have so much ridiculous fun with a book as they do with this one.—Kirkus Reviews