Lia and Beckett's abracadabra / Amy Noelle Parks.

Seventeen-year-old Lia Sawyer teams up with Beckett--one of the charming Blackwell boys, the latest generation of a rival magic family--to win a stage magic contest and out-con the bad guys.

Lia Sawyer's grandmother wants her to compete in a stage magic contest, even though her parents object. She will be judged by a bunch of old-school magicians who think that because she's a girl her only magical talents lie in wearing sparkly dresses, providing distractions, and getting sawed, crushed, or stretched. Her grandmother gives Lia her best magic tricks, a few obscure clues, and an order to stay away from Blackwell boys, the latest generation of a rival magic family... and then disappears. When the cute boy she meets on the beach turns out to be Beckett Blackwell, will Lia be able to focus on the contest? Or is there too much magic between her and Beckett to ignore? - adapted from jacket

Ages 12 and up. Amulet Books.