Black and Blue Magic

Black and Blue Magic
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, originally published in 1966.

Summary
Twelve-year-old Harry Houdini Marco is awkward and clumsy. But when he returns a suitcase lost by a funny little man he met on the bus, he is rewarded with the gift of flight. Two drops of a magic potion rubbed on his shoulders is all it takes for Harry to sprout wings and soar high above the his house, the city, and the California coastline.

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Keywords: Magic, Flying, Potion, Wings, San Francisco, Boarding House, Scholastic

Character Names: Harry Houdini Marco, Tarzack Mazzeeck