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The book is about, among other things: the strongest boy in the world, a talking cockatoo, a faulty mind reader, a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician, an old museum, and a shrunken head. Blessed with extraordinary abilities, orphans Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up happily in...

Eleven-year-old Sam Calico is an excellent storyteller, inventing wild escapades, but has never had the courage to have a real adventure of his own. That is until one day when a mysterious invitation arrives along with a mechanical dog, inviting him to the Equinox Curiosity Shop - which happens to be in an abandoned building. Despite his fears, Sam follows the instructions and boards a train to the magical Equinox Valley, where he discovers that the Nexus, which holds the world in equilibrium, is under attack.

Sam Calico, de once años, es un excelente narrador de historias, inventa escapes insólitos, pero nunca ha tenido el coraje de tener una verdadera aventura propia. Eso es hasta que un día llega un perro mecánico con una misteriosa invitación para la Tienda de Curiosidades Equinoccio, que se encuentra en un edificio abandonado.