John, Conan, and Alex, all age 10, create a broomstick from instructions in the handwritten book they get from an elderly fortuneteller at a Mædieval Faire near Manchester, England. She sees them flying a broomstick in her crystal ball and insists the book must be theirs, much to the dismay of her brother, Marco. Marco dogs the boys, attempting to retrieve the book, which contains secret after secret about magic, but the boys elude him and construct their flying broomstick. The key to getting the broomstick to work is to place it atop the highest tower at Castle Alox at midnight during the full moon. The broomstick must be covered with goat entrails and a dead snake, and lightning must strike the tower at midnight. But where is Castle Alox? Will they get away from the evil Marco? This book tells all! A little background: The books in my fantasy series, called
The Story of the Great American Flying Broomstick
(available on Kindle), make frequent reference to a series of books--and the resulting movies--called
Three on a Broomstick.
The idea is that the hero of the
American Flying Broomstick
books is motivated and inspired by the eight young-adult books and movies in the
Three on a Broomstick
series. Its putative author, Alec Pringle, writes one of these books every year, detailing the adventures of John, Conan, and Alex, who possess a flying broomstick and use it for wondrous and magical adventures. The boys create their broomstick following instructions in a handwritten book given to them by an old fortune teller. And the
books are turned into movies by the fictional High Summit Motion Pictures. You can learn all about it in the
series. The
series was not intended to exist in reality-it was only a literary device. That is...until now. This is the first book in the
Three on a Broomstick series, The Handwritten Book.
Yes, there is a book within this book. And since this book is within the
series, the old, handwritten book is a book within a book within a book. And it's full of magic.