40 Fun Facts About Upside-Down Magic

In the Upside-Down Magic books, which elite school rejects Nory Horace after her entrance exam goes wrong?

Sage Academy turns her down when she is asked for a plain black kitten and produces a dragon-kitten mix instead.

The 2020 movie version of Upside-Down Magic first aired as an original film on which children's TV network?

Disney Channel optioned the books in 2015, the year the first one came out, and premiered its film version five years later.

In the first Upside-Down Magic book, Nory Horace wrecks furniture as a 'bitten', a kitten mixed with which animal?

Beaver plus kitten makes a 'bitten', and her brother Hawthorn has to scare her back into human form before they clean up the mess.

Bax Kapoor is an upside-down Fluxer in Upside-Down Magic: instead of an animal, what does he usually turn into?

A rock is his usual shape, and because he cannot change back by himself, a classmate often pushes him around in a wheelbarrow.

In the Upside-Down Magic books, which of the five main types of magic lets a person communicate with animals?

Fuzzy students begin by feeding animals and work up to bonding with them, and a few can even understand animal language.

In the 2020 Upside-Down Magic movie, which kind of evil magic possesses a student on Founders' Day?

Shadow Magic takes the form of a girl whom only its victim can see, and it is the UDM students who finally break its hold.

Dragon Overnight follows Nory Horace and which Upside-Down Magic classmate, a boy who cannot stop floating upward?

Andres Padillo is kept down by a leash or a backpack full of bricks, yet he can fly far higher than other fifth graders, who rise only a few feet.

In the Upside-Down Magic books, which sport for young Fluxers does Nory Horace play in an after-school club?

Kittenball teams take turns whacking yarn balls at a basket on a tower while defenders try to unravel them, and adults play the same game as tigers.

In the Upside-Down Magic books, a student like Pepper Phan whose magic terrifies animals is known as what?

A Fierce scares animals instead of charming them, and Pepper frightened the family pet so badly that her parents had to give it away.

Elliott Cohen is an upside-down Flare in the Upside-Down Magic books: instead of making fire, what does his magic do?

Freezes things, and it cost him: the Flare friends he had before his magic came in dropped him once it turned out icy.

After failing her entrance exam in the first Upside-Down Magic book, Nory Horace is sent to live with which relative?

Her aunt Margo is a Flyer who earns a living as a flying taxi, carrying passengers through the air on trips as long as an hour.

In the Upside-Down Magic books, what job does Nory Horace's strict father hold at an elite magic school?

Headmaster or not, her father gives her no special treatment, and his school turns her away like any other applicant who fails the test.

In the first Upside-Down Magic book, Nory Horace becomes an elephant mixed with which animal at lunch on day one?

Skunk and elephant combine into a 'skunkephant' that sprays the bullies at the lunch table, after which she hides in a closet.

In the Upside-Down Magic books, teacher Eloise Starr has unusual magic of her own: what happens to animals near her?

They can talk in English whenever she is near, a power that caused chatty chaos around animals during her own school days.

In the first Upside-Down Magic book, Nory and Elliott practice a trick from a book titled The Box of what?

Normal is the missing word, and the trick works well enough for both of them to pass the test to leave UDM, yet the principal keeps them in the class.

Which children's publisher released all eight Upside-Down Magic books, starting with the first in 2015?

Scholastic launched the series in 2015 and kept it going for eight books, the last of which, Night Owl, appeared in 2021.

Sarah Mlynowski, a co-author of Upside-Down Magic, is best known for which bestselling series of her own?

Whatever After is a New York Times bestseller, and Mlynowski, originally from Montreal, also co-founded the OMG BookFest.

Upside-Down Magic co-author Emily Jenkins wrote the hit teen novel We Were Liars under which pen name?

E. Lockhart is the name on the cover of We Were Liars, which reached television as a series in 2025.

In the Upside-Down Magic books, which clique of mean Flares, led by Lacey Clench, bullies the UDM kids?

The Sparkies used to include Elliott, until his own fire magic went wrong and the others pushed him out of the group.

In Weather or Not, the fifth Upside-Down Magic book, whose upside-down magic makes rain fall indoors?

Willa Ingeborg rains harder the worse she feels, flooding classrooms, so umbrellas are kept close by in case of an outburst.

In Showing Off, the third Upside-Down Magic book, the UDM class enters the school talent show as what kind of act?

A band of musicians is their choice, with Sebastian as conductor, since six of the classmates turn out to be musical.

In Showing Off, which fire-making bully surprises the others by helping the Upside-Down Magic class at the talent show?

Zinnia changes sides after making friends with Pepper, which leaves her old allies Lacey and Rune far from pleased.

In Showing Off, the third Upside-Down Magic book, Bax Kapoor fluxes into which instrument during the talent show?

A player piano marks real progress for Bax, whose magic had nearly always produced the same lifeless shape, and he sometimes manages a swivel chair too.

In Showing Off, Pepper Phan earns money by turning her Upside-Down Magic into what kind of service?

Pest removal suits a girl who frightens animals, and because the pests simply flee unharmed, she earns more than a hundred dollars.

In Showing Off, the third Upside-Down Magic book, Nory Horace performs for her father as which bird?

Flamingo was the plan, but she adds kitten to make a 'kittingo', and her father takes it as proof that her magic is still out of control.

In Dragon Overnight, the Upside-Down Magic class visits Dragon Haven, which is what kind of place for dragons?

A rescue center for orphaned and injured dragons, it lets students and scientists study the animals while they recover.

In Dragon Overnight, what name does Nory Horace give the baby dragon she secretly carries around Dragon Haven?

Roarie rhymes with Nory, and the newborn bonds with her so strongly that it knows her even when she is in dritten form.

Dragon Overnight reveals that the dragon half of Nory Horace's dritten is which fire-breathing, plant-eating species?

Blurper dragons are rare, large fliers with enormous talons, and the noise they make is a 'blurp'.

In Dragon Overnight, in which part of Dragon Haven do the Upside-Down Magic kids hope to see a newborn dragon?

The Hatchery is where dragon eggs crack open to release babies known as whelps, and one does arrive during the class's visit.

In the Upside-Down Magic books, what name is given to rare students like Mitali who have both Flare and Fluxer magic?

Double talents are told to keep their two powers apart at her school, which Mitali says feels like being squished into a too-small box.

In Dragon Overnight, Sebastian Boondoggle swaps his dog cone for which headgear to cope with his overwhelming magic?

Aviator goggles were suggested by Tip, a Flyer from the visiting school, after a blindfold and an extra-large dog cone had both been tried.

In Dragon Overnight, how does Nory Horace finally earn the pride of her father, who is visiting with his students?

Standing up for him when his own pupils mocked him behind his back did it, and afterward he began phoning her to keep in touch.

Which Upside-Down Magic book has the UDM class temporarily attend the strict school where Nory Horace's father works?

Hide and Seek moves the class after a flood wrecks their own school, and it ends with Elliott being invited to stay on.

In The Big Shrink, the sixth Upside-Down Magic book, what are the toy dragons called that the principal bans?

Dreggs arrive inside eggs that open with a squeeze, and the class's protest against the ban goes wrong when Marigold starts shrinking her friends.

In Night Owl, the eighth Upside-Down Magic book, Dunwiddle's yearly all-school sleepover is built around which contest?

A scavenger hunt sends students racing through the halls at night, and Nory hopes a win will keep Elliott from moving to another school.

In Sticks & Stones, the second Upside-Down Magic book, Marigold Ramos shrinks bully Lacey Clench to the size of what?

A gerbil-sized Lacey was an accident, but it helps explain why the UDM class gets the blame when strange things start happening at school.

In the Upside-Down Magic books, Sebastian Boondoggle can see which usually invisible things, often painfully brightly?

Sound waves zip and glow before his eyes, so loud noises can overwhelm him, and he has tried a blindfold and a dog cone to cope.

Which character, created for the 2020 Upside-Down Magic movie, is Nory's best friend and a gifted Flare?

Reina Carvajal, played by Siena Agudong, earns a place in the honors Flare class while Nory is sent to the UDM program.

In the 2020 Upside-Down Magic movie, Budd Skriff teaches the UDM students while also holding which job at the school?

Groundskeeper duties are shared with his students, who help him tend the grounds while secretly working on their magic.

Which actress plays Nory in the 2020 Upside-Down Magic movie and later appeared in Secrets of Sulphur Springs?

Izabela Rose took the lead as Nory, then played Young Jess in a time-travel mystery series.