The Candy Shop War
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| Author | Brandon Mull |
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| Illustrator | Brandon Dorman |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Shadow Mountain Publishing |
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Publication date
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September 11, 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 404 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 137244606 |
| LC Class | PZ7.M9112 Can 2007 |
| Followed by | The Arcade Catastrophe |
The Candy Shop War (2007) is a children's fantasy novel by Brandon Mull about Nate, and his friends, tomboyish Summer, cool Trevor, and smart Paul (who everyone calls Pigeon, due to an incident in third grade), are given magic candy by Belinda White, the owner of a new candy and ice cream shop, but the fun turns sour when she uses their trust to do terrible things, and they have to go to John Dart, an agent that works against bad magicians, and Sebastian, another candy shop owner, but a good magician, unlike Mrs. White.
Eleven-year old Nate Sutter and his family move to town. Nate's mother tells Nate to talk to the kids riding in their bikes, and he reluctantly goes out and talks to the kids. The brown-haired girl is named Summer and is funny, like Nate. The chubby boy with a buzz cut is Pigeon, while the olive skin, black-haired boy is Trevor. Pigeon brings up their club, earning a glare from Summer. Nate asks to join, and Summer says that they will discuss about it, and he should come back in fifteen minutes.
When Nate comes back, Summer tells him to jump off a ramp. Nate accepts the challenge, but then a group of bullies attacks them by throwing dirt as projectiles. Nate chases after them, but they throw some more and escape. For Nate's courage, Summer lets him join for free and he doesn't need to jump off the ramp anymore.
Later, Nate is disappointed because he is put in a class with only Summer and Pigeon, not with Trevor; to his chagrin, he also gets a really strict teacher, who did not think it was amusing when Nate said his mother calls him "Honeylips." She intends to give out homework on the first day is willing to not give homework to whom could answer some questions correctly. Pigeon gets them right, though instead of no homework, he asks to be called Pigeon, which she refuses since his mom didn't call him Pigeon.
After school, the friends meet Belinda White, an old woman who owned a candy shop. She acts warm towards them and gives them penny candy, which is different each day. They help her clean the shop and other deeds and Ms. White awards them with normal, delicious candy.
Things start to get strange when she accidentally mentions "magic candy." They are eager to find out what they were and Ms. White gives them an assignment. She tells them to attract beetles and provides them strange instructions, which she says would work. It does, and they bring it back. Ms. White rewards them with what she calls Moon Rocks, claiming them to be magical. Nate and his friends doubt it, but still try it out. The claim proves to be true as the Moon Rocks make them jump high into the air and land as light as feather.
From there, they grow attached to Ms. White, doing her bidding and getting rewarded with candy, but Ms. White's tasks start to become strange. On one of the frieds' visit to her, a strange old hobo stops them, saying that Ms. White is evil. They don't believe him and proceed.
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