CivilWaronSunday(MagicTree
House#21)
MaryPopeOsborne
Prologue
OnesummerdayinFrogCreek,Pennsylvania,amysterious
treehouseappearedinthewoods.
climbedintothetreehouse.
Theyfoundthatitwasfilledwithbooks.
JackandAnniesoondiscoveredthatthetreehousewas
magic.Itcouldtakethemtotheplacesinthebooks.Alltheyhad
todowaspointtoapictureandwishtogothere.
Alongtheway,JackandAnniediscoveredthatthetreehouse
Camelot,thelong-agokingdomofKingArthur.Shetravels
throughtimeandspace,gatheringbooks.
InMagicTreeHouseBooks#5--8,JackandAnniehelpedfree
Morganfromaspell.InBooks#9--12,theysolvedfourancient
riddlesandbecameMasterLibrarians.
InMagicTreeHouseBooks#13--16,JackandAnniehadto
savefourancientstoriesfrombeinglostforever.
InMagicTreeHouseBooks#17--20,JackandAnniefreeda
mysteriouslittledogfromamagicspell.
InMagicTreeHouseBooks#21--24,JackandAnniehavea
newchallenge.Theymustfindfourspecialkindsofwritingfor
tofindthefirstofthese...
Chapter1ALightintheWoods
Jacklookedouthiswindow.
ItwasadrearySundayafternoon.Thereweredarkcloudsin
thesky.
Thunderrumbledinthedistance.
JackstareddownthestreetattheFrogCreekwoods.
Whenisthemagictreehousecomingback?hewondered.
Isawalightflashinthewoods!
Itwasjustlightning,saidJack.
No,itwasmagic!Aswirloflight!saidAnnie.Ithinkthe
treehousejustcameback!
Imsureitwasjustlightning,Jacksaid.Didntyouhearthe
thunder?
Yeah,saidAnnie.Butletsgocheckanyway.
ShestartedoutofJacksroom.Thenshepeekedbackin.
Bringyourbackpack,justincase!shesaid.
Jackwasalwaysgladforachancetolookforthemagictree
house.HegrabbedhisbackpackandfollowedAnniedownthe
stairs.
Wherearey