Rachel Smith has been looking forward to celebrating her 8th birthday. Rachel and her parents have planned the best party ever. There will be plenty of food, games and fun. But to Rachels surprise, the party takes some unexpected turns.

Humphrey might be the first classroom hamster ever to be part of a magic act in this fifth book in the popular chapter book series!The kids in Room 26 are talking about jobs they want to have when they grow up. Golden-Miranda wants to be a magician and, even more exciting, she wants Humphrey to be her assistant when she shows the class some tricks.But when one of her tricks is in trouble, can Humphrey’s quick thinking (and scampering) fix it in time?

O. C. Houndfellow has a nose for finding lost friends or lost items. G. W. Kitkat has a friend he cant find. Her name is Miss Kitty. O. C. would really like to go fishing but agrees to help G. W. find Miss Kitty. She is just nowhere to be found! At least not right away.