I wish I had liked this book more.  This story reads like a bunch of various books, were cut out and then rearranged to make a new title.  For example, the first part of the book could have easily been Harry Potter book 2 when the kids miss their bus to witch school.  No they don’t steal a car but instead of telling an adult or calling their parents, they decide to find someone else to teach them magic.  The first stop does not work out so well, and they go to another.  This is just a series of mishap after mishap that wouldn’t happen if the kids stopped to think and used their brains. Apparently their brains are missing.  I really had high hopes for this and wanted to like it, but my galley expired, and I don’t care enough to get a copy to finish the last 30 or so pages.