What are magic squares?

Have you ever heard of a math puzzle so mysterious that famous artists hid it in paintings and giant turtles carried it on their backs? Welcome to the incredible world of magic squares! These aren't just ordinary boxes of numbers. In a magic square, every single row, column, and diagonal adds up to the exact same secret number! Join Mira and Finn as they travel back in time to ancient China, where a legendary giant turtle climbed out of a rushing river with a magical pattern of dots on its shell. Then, journey to Germany in the year 1514 to uncover a secret code hidden inside a stunning masterpiece by the artist Albrecht Dürer—he even snuck the year he made it into the math! You will also find out which famous American inventor (who famously experimented with kites and lightning!) used to doodle massive magic grids just because he was bored in long meetings. If you love Sudoku, secret codes, or amazing patterns, you will not want to miss this mind-bending puzzle adventure!