Jack and Annie travel back in time to a desert in the Middle East at the behest of Merlin who has given them a rhyme to help on their mission. There they meet a Bedouin tribe and learn about the way that they live. From camel rides and oases to ancient writings and dangerous sandstorms, here’s another Magic Tree House filled with all the mystery, history, magic, and old-fashioned adventure that kids love to read about.

靠著一本參考書和一本魔法詩集，傑克和安妮回到了1200年前巴格達的黃金時代。他們降落在沙漠的綠洲上，跟著駱駝商隊前往巴格達，不幸的是，他們半路遇見了強盜的攻擊，有人把一個奇怪的盒子交給這對小兄妹，要他們用生命保護它。才剛躲開強盜，緊接著又遇上強烈的沙塵暴，傑克和安妮可以平安的到達巴格達嗎？他們能解開盒子的祕密嗎？

作者簡介：

作者：瑪麗．奧斯本（Mary Pope Osborne）：
Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce are sisters who grew up on army posts all over the world. Mary is the author of over 50 acclaimed books for children. Natalie has worked as a children’s librarian and as a teacher of English and E.S.L. This is their ninth book together.
美國知名兒童文學作家，北卡羅萊納大學主修戲劇與比較宗教學，喜愛不同文化的她，畢業之後，曾到世界各地去旅行。寫作至今已20餘年，作品超過50本以上，並獲得許多獎項，而且擔任過兩屆的美國作家協會主席。
繪者： Sal Murdocca
Sal Murdocca has illustrated more than 200 children’s trade and textbooks. He is also a librettist for children’s opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children’s illustration at the Parsons School of Design. He lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy.