A fast moving story about what happens when two orphans, Nathan and Sam, swap places. Sam runs off with a circus, and Nathan finds himself at Moonville, a strange school where all the boys are left to run riot. He befriends the odd scientist in the tower, but when his wicked uncle catches up with him the real danger begins. BLStephen Elboz's books have been well reviewd with A Handful of Magic being picked as the Guardian's book of the month.