Set in occupied France during World War II, Danger in the Darkest Hour,
the first Magic Tree House Super Edition, provides the same reading level as the Merlin Missions (books 29 through 52) but with a longer story and more complex plot.
Not exact matches
Part of it was returning to school for the start of
first grade and having a friend who enjoyed reading the
Magic Tree House book series.
I loved this idea when I
first saw it and forgot to make it — what a fab activity for children reading the
Magic Faraway
Tree.
The
first scenario places you in a forest where you fight a giant
tree boss that isn't too hard once you figure out that you can move around the battlefield to dodge his attacks, and switch between the hero (who can use
magic) and his monster (which is a decent physical fighter) by using the D - Pad.