The Magic Bicycle is the first novel of the Spirit Flyer Series

Spirit Flyer Series

The Spirit Flyer Series is a series of children's novels written by John Bibee. It is an allegorical adventure series for young readers and recounts the exploits, mishaps, and triumphs of John and Susan Kramar and their friends, who find themselves thrown into a cosmic battle between good and evil...

 by John Bibee

John Bibee

John Bibee is an American author. He is the author of eight books in the Spirit Flyer Series, as well as eight mystery books in the Home School Detectives Series. His books have been read during children's story hours broadcast on radio stations across the country. Several have also won awards from...

 and illustrated

Illustration

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 by Paul Turnbaugh. The book was published by Inter-Varsity Press

Inter-Varsity Press

InterVarsity Press is a publisher of evangelical Christian books. IVP is linked to InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and is headquartered in Westmont, Illinois.-History:...

 in 1983. The story centers around John Kramar, a boy in the fictional town of Centerville. John finds a mysterious bicycle called a Spirit Flyer at the town dump and slowly begins to discover its magical

Magic (paranormal)

Magic is the claimed art of manipulating aspects of reality either by supernatural means or through knowledge of occult laws unknown to science. It is in contrast to science, in that science does not accept anything not subject to either direct or indirect observation, and subject to logical...

 properties. First, the bike helps him to 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. The story is an allegorical

Allegory

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 representation of Christianity

Christianity

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 and is aimed at young readers. The genre of this children's novel is science fiction.

Publication data

• Bibliographic Data: Bibee, John. The Magic Bicycle. Inter-Varsity Press: Downers Grove, Illinois
  Downers Grove, Illinois
  Downers Grove is a village in Downers Grove and Lisle Townships, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 48,724 at the 2000 census, with an official estimated population of 49,250 in 2008.-History:...
  
  , 1989.
• ISBN ISBN 0-87784-348-1
• Library of Congress Classification
  Library of Congress Classification
  The Library of Congress Classification is a system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress. It is used by most research and academic libraries in the U.S. and several other countries; for example, Australia and Taiwan, R.O.C. It is not to be confused with the Library of...
  
  : PZ7.B471464Mag 1983