When street magician Carter runs away, he never expects to find friends and magic in the small, sleepy hamlet of Mineral Wells. But the circus has come to town and, like any good trick, things change instantly as greedy B.B. Bosso and his crew of crooked carnies arrive to steal anything and everything they can get their sticky fingers on. After a fateful encounter with Dante Vernon, the local purveyor of illusion, Carter teams up with a group of five other like-minded kids. Together, using both teamwork and magic, they'll set out to save the town of Mineral Wells from Bosso's villainous clutches.