Barry Trotter saved the Hogwash school for Wizards from the unwelcomeattentions of Hollywood in BARRY TROTTER AND THE SHAMELESS PARODY. Butthings move on. Barry and Ermine Cringer have got married and have had tworelatively delightful children. Their eldest is a skilled magician. But theyoungest doesn't seem to possess any ability at all. Have Barry and Erminegiven birth to a Muddle? Maybe magic isn't everything after all . . .