Talent Show Tricks (Finn&Botts)

By Stew Knight

Finn has practiced his magic trick for the school talent show for three months. But after some embarrassing events, Finn decides to withdraw his name from the lineup. And the teasing and taunting by Felix, one of Finn’s classmates, has only made him feel worse. But on the day of the talent show, Felix wants Finn’s help. Felix tells Finn he’s sick and can’t perform his magic trick for the show. Felix asks Finn to take his place by pretending to be Felix. Find out what happens when Finn, Botts, and Tess perform in a hilarious talent show with an outcome that the entire school would never have guessed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stew Knight
• Release date: Nov 11, 2019
• ISBN: 9781733609296

Stew Knight

Stew Knight is the author of the Finn and Botts chapter book series. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife and very anxious poodle. Stew loves the outdoors and can be found on the ski slopes in the winter, hiking the Rocky Mountains in the spring and summer, and hanging out with the pigs at the annual state fair in the fall.

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FINN & BOTTS

TALENT SHOW TRICKS

STEW KNIGHT

Copyright © 2019 by Stewart Knight

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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.

Dreamwell Press, Salt Lake City

www.finnandbotts.com

Edited and designed by Girl Friday Productions

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Editorial: Clete Smith, Amy Sullivan, Amy Snyder

Design: Paul Barrett

Illustrations: Mark Meyers

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously.

For Sadie

CONTENTS

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

About the Author

CHAPTER ONE

Finn Fasser was not going to embarrass himself by being late today. He had worked too hard.

Hustle! Finn shouted to his best friend, Botts. Botts was running behind Finn, trying to catch up.

Finn dashed through the front doors of Mr. Labanzo’s magic studio and looked up at the clock on the wall in the lobby. Three minutes to go before the start of the magic show. Finn had been practicing a difficult trick for today’s performance, and Botts had agreed to help. He opened one of the double doors leading into a small auditorium and walked inside. The room was full of excited family members and friends facing the stage.

So where are your mom and dad? Liddy asked. She was standing near the doors, tying her hair into a ponytail. Liddy lived on Finn’s street and was in the same third-grade classroom at Penn Wallow Elementary.

They’re both working today, Finn replied. But they’re coming to the talent show this week, so they won’t miss anything. Finn went straight down the middle aisle and up onto the left side of the stage. After finding a place to leave his magic bag, he walked to the front row near some of the other magic students and sat down.

Botts stumbled into the studio tired, hot, and sweaty. And most of all—hungry. He felt like he had just finished a marathon, even though he and Finn had only run a few blocks to get here from the school. Finn motioned Botts to come sit by him.

Botts walked down the left side of the auditorium. He spotted Taz sitting on an aisle near the front row, eating a huge sandwich. Botts and Taz were two of the biggest students in the school and liked to tease each other. Botts quietly sneaked up behind Taz, grabbed the half-eaten sandwich from his hand, and stuffed it in his mouth.

What’s going on? Taz said. He quickly looked up. Taz didn’t know whether to yell or laugh. Botts’s mouth was so full that his bulging