Posts Tagged ‘magic’
Across the Great Divide
Scholastic Press, 2011
Fantasy
ISBN: 0545033438
352 pages
Synopsis
Eff is an unlucky thirteenth child – her twin brother, Lan, is a powerful seventh son of a seventh son. And yet, Eff is the one who saved the day for the settlements west of the Great Barrier. Her unique ways of doing magic and seeing the world, and her fascination with the magical creatures and land in the Great Plains push Eff to work toward joining an expedition heading west. But things are changing on the frontier. There are new professors of magic for Eff and Lan to learn to work with. There’s tension between William and his father. And there are new threats on the frontier and at home. To help, Eff must travel beyond the Barrier, and come to terms with her magical abilities—and those of her brother, to stop the newest threat encroaching on the settlers
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The Necromancer
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2010
Fantasy
ISBN: 0385735316
416 pages
Synopsis
San Francisco
After fleeing to Ojai, then Paris, and escaping to London, Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home. And after everything they’ve seen and learned in the past week, they’re both more confused than ever about their future. Neither of them has mastered the magics they’ll need to protect themselves from the Dark Elders, they’ve lost Scatty, and they’re still being pursued by Dr. John Dee. Most disturbing of all, however, is that now they must ask themselves, can they trust Nicholas Flamel? Can they trust anyone? …
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The Farthest Shore – Reviewing Classics
Atheneum Books, 1972
Fantasy
ISBN: 141650964X
272 Pages
Synopsis
Magic is disappearing from the outer edges of the world of Earth Sea, and it’s soon apparent that a great darkness is overtaking the land. People are hurtled into hopeless and despair, and many are losing their lives in consecutive drug trips where they seek to find the master who can grant eternal life, only to soon die from brain damage and starvation. …
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House of Many Ways
HarperCollins, 2008
Fantasy
ISBN: 0061477958
416 pages
Synopsis
It’s been almost twenty years, but Jones is finally back into the wonderful fantasy world of Howl—Howl’s Moving Castle (1986), Castle In The Air (1991)—and although Howl, Sophie and Calcifer play important roles in this book, the spotlight is on a young girl named Charmain. Grown up privileged with an overprotective mother, Charmain loves nothing but books. …
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Emily The Strange: The Lost Days
HarperCollins, 2009
Fantasy
ISBN: 0061452297
264 pages
Synopsis
Sitting on a park bench in a strange town called Blackrock, Emily has no recollection of who she is and why she’s there. This little town is so odd. There is only one tree, and everything has been painted beige. Realizing that she must have amnesia for some inexplicable reason, Emily begins a journey to regain her identity. However, she quickly realizes that there’s more to this situation than first meets the eye, even though she can’t seem to quite put her finger on exactly why. Now, she must try to regain her memory and discern why this town is so odd because it must have something to do with why she’s there in the first place. She relays the whole story through a personal diary, complete with Polaroid’s, illustrations, lists, and descriptions of all the events that take place. …
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Thirteenth Child
Scholastic Press, 2009
Fantasy
ISBN: 054503342X
320 pages
Synopsis
Eff was born the thirteenth child in a magical family, her brother Lan, born fourteenth and the seventh son of a seventh son. This means that Lan will have natural amazing magical powers, and Eff will be doomed to bring only bad things to the people around her. However, her parents believe that it will be better for the twins not to grow up hearing such things, so they move their family out to the frontier where their father will work to be a professor of magic. Although things have gotten better, Eff can’t help but believe that there’s something wrong with her. She must learn to be herself and like who she is despite the fears that she keeps hidden in order to uncover a deadly adversary and save the people of the frontier. …
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Pirate Curse
McElderry, 2006
Fantasy
ISBN: 1416924213
336 pages
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old pirate Jolly is a polliwog, which means that she can literally walk on water. She enjoys her life with pirate Captain Bannon until he is betrayed and she narrowly escapes with her life. Washed up ashore on an island with ghosts and a boy named Munk who also happens to be a polliwog, the two are soon thrust into a great battle between humans and the mysterious Maelstrom, which caused the magic they know. Now they must band together with an interesting crew in order to save the Caribbean, which will save the world at large. …
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