The Magic Bicycle

by John Bibee

Book Overview

"Once there was a magic bicycle that found a boy," begins this tale of adventure and suspense. When John Kramar comes across an old, rusty Spirit Flyer bicycle, he finds it is far from ordinary. First, the bike helps him save a neighbor's barn from burning. Then it brings him into conflict with the boys in the Cobra Club, a representative of Goliath Toys and other forces that not only want John's bike, but want it destroyed. While John learns about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877843481
• ISBN13: 9780877843481
• Release Date: June 1983
• Publisher: IVP Books
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 6 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 7

Customer Reviews

One of my class' favorite read alouds.

I read this book to my class every year and it is their favorite, over such greats as James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Students love to try to figure it out and I enjoy hearing their ideas. I teach third grade and for the next years they are finishing up the series. I read the first one as a read aloud and couldn't wait to finish the series on my own. John Bibee has a great imagination and knows how to use cliffhangers. I highly recommend this for families to read aloud. It will work well with third grade and up including middle schoolers. It may be too scarey for younger children. The discussions will be wonderful. It has a strong message and is a wonderful fantasy.

Unusually good Christian fantasy novel!

I cannot praise this book highly enough. It is the most satisfying Christian fantasy novel I have read since the Narnia Chronicles. John Bibee has a wild imagination and a way of creating cliff-hanger chapters which left my kids yelling for more. The christian symbolism is woven into the story, but never is preachy. The great plot and writing move the reader through an ordinary town beset by strange and creepy happenings, to an ultimate showdown with evil. I would love to see this made into a movie by a filmaker like Spielburg.!!! Do yourself a favor, and buy this book. You won't be sorry, but you will end up buying the other books in the series too.

John Bibee Does It Again!

This second book of the "Spirit Flyer Series" isoutstanding. It is easy to read, has an exciting plot that applies towhat kids deal with today, and the spiritual truths are profound. We read these aloud to our children and they could hardly wait to see what was going to happen in each new chapter. They likes them so much that they read the books again for themselves. We parents enjoyed them just as much. END

First Bibee now Applegate who's next. These books are great.

I'm speechless, the spirt flyers books are one of the best books ever created. It's just sad that I can't find any in the bookstores,I wan't to read them all again and again and again!

Superb! A great book for the adult and child.

Bibee's "Magic Bicycle" goes beyond children's reading. Skillfully revealed are numerous Biblical truths that even an adult can understand. Wrapped in an intrigueing, yet simple plot are feelings we have all felt, and situations we have all experienced. Both children and grown-ups will love it.