The Magical Adventures of Adrian Summer
an excerpt

Kraden led the way down the street, then let Adrian catch up to him. "We'll have to go down to the vacant lot. Thank goodness it's early or else we might be seen, even there." Adrian looked confused.

"Why do we have to go to the vacant lot? Why does it matter if we're seen?" He really didn't understand all this fuss.

Kraden turned to look at him. "Tell me Adrian, what would YOU think if you saw two people walk into a vacant lot and then completely disappear?"

The boy's eyes got huge and round. Kraden laughed, but it wasn't at the boy, just his reaction.

"We're gonna disappear? Are we ever gonna reappear? I thought we were driving!" He sounded a little scared, because he was.

Kraden snorted. "I'm not driving anything from here to London, Adrian, no matter if the Minister himself asked me to."

Adrian squawked. "London? We're going to London?!"

They were almost to the vacant lot at the end of his street. Kraden laughed again.