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Shamanka
What is magic? What is illusion? What is real? Step into the extraordinary world of Sam Khaan, who has just discovered a witch doctor's notebook in her attic. Convinced that it belongs to her long-lost father - the son of a witch doctor - she sets out on a journey to discover the answers to these questions. In her encounters with diviners and healers, conjurers and mystics...more
Paperback, 416 pages
Published
March 5th 2007
by Walker Books
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This story was quite magnificent, the idea of the magician talking to you, as if 'he' was taking you on the adventure, and then suddenly jumping to his past, then to Sam's, then you are taken away by all the description that Jeanne had put into the story.
This book, was one of the few of the many i have read which has practically captured me within it. The fact that the story 'uses' you at the begging, then the magician taking you as a apprentice, is quite magnificent, and the story i...more
This book, was one of the few of the many i have read which has practically captured me within it. The fact that the story 'uses' you at the begging, then the magician taking you as a apprentice, is quite magnificent, and the story i...more
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A really good story as the book unravelled secrets about the main character
hmmmm, magical and mystical :)
I find this very hard to label. It sort of was but it wasn't a lot of things. I enjoyed it but didn't love it - I easily put it down and didn't feel the urge to pick it up again, because though the story was an interesting one, I never found it terribly gripping. It was fun to read but there was nothing that I wanted to find out so there was no urge to continue. It was a bit strange too, perhaps too strange in parts for me. I did like the magic tricks and illusions at the start of each chapter t...more
great book
It had a Rather odd ending that Didn't make much sense, but it was still good!
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Jeanne Willis was born in St Albans and trained as an advertising copywriter at Watford College. She worked for various agencies creating press adverts and TV, cinema and radio commercials. She is now a full-time writer and has published over 80 books. Her hobbies include gardening, reading (non-fiction), natural history and collecting caterpillars. Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, includ...more
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