Magyk
General Audience:
Young Adult
Series :
Septimus Heap
Call Number:
J Science Fiction/SAG
Features:
Short and fat; normal typeface; normal amount of white space;
Cover Notes :
"#1 International Best Seller"
Blurb Notes:
"MAGYK is a book full of wonders, charms, and surprises. Beautifully written and richly imagined, it invites us into a world we never want to leave. Marvelous." - Clive Barker
"Heads up, Harry, there's a new young wizard on his way up...A quick-reading, stand-alone, deliciously spellbinding series opener." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Feels like a Dickens England gone 'magykal.'" - VOYA (starred review)
Beginning, Middle, & End :
Beginning - very engaging and introduces all the characters and plot very well.
Middle - Got a little bogged down in the "extra" adventures, but still engrossing.
End - Situations are tied up, but you can tell more stories can be told for many of the characters.
Characters :
Jenna, Boy 412, Nicko, Marcia, Silas, DomDaniel
Read-a-Likes :
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Lightning Thief, Inkheart, The Amulet of Samarkand
Brief Annotation :
The Seventh son of the seventh son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife, who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a newborn girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus?
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