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  <title><![CDATA[The Magician (Nicholas Flamel, #2)]]></title>
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  <default-description>RELEASE DATE: June 24, 2008
After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenell is still locked up back in Alcatraz and Paris is teeming with enemies. Nicolo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated art collector, is working for Dee. He&amp;#8217;s after them, and time is running out for Nicholas and Perenell. For every day spent without the Book of Abraham the Mage, they age one year&amp;#8212;their magic becoming weaker and their bodies more frail. For Flamel, the Prophesy is becoming more and more clear.
It&amp;#8217;s time for Sophie to learn the second elemental magic: Fire Magic. And there&amp;#8217;s only one man who can teach it to her: Flamel&amp;#8217;s old student, the Comte de Saint-Germain&amp;#8212;alchemist, magician, and rock star. Josh and Sophie Newman are the world&amp;#8217;s only hope&amp;#8212;if they don&amp;#8217;t turn on each other first.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">6</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Magician (Nicholas Flamel, #2)</original-title>
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  <date_added>Sun Jul 13 17:26:49 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 13 17:34:11 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love anything to do with Alchemy and having recently spent time in Paris this adventure was doubly entertaining for me.<br/>It's about twin teenagers who find their own magic and deal with the magic that surrounds them in the modern day streets of Paris. The author's wildly imaginative concepts a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27154677">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49500073">
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 16 17:21:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 23 17:42:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fiuuuhh....seruuu!!! Harus diakui, Michael Scott memang jago bikin pembaca (saya) tersihir dan enggan berhenti sebelum tiba di halaman terakhir. Seperti sedang menonton film saja rasanya. Tadinya sempat 'curiga' kalau sekuel The Alchemyst ini nggak akan sebagus buku pertama, tapi ternyata kecurigaan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49500073">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37159928">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Everyone who likes a good fantasy novel]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[my Reading teacher]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Dec 24 06:32:07 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Dec 24 06:32:07 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a great book! The Magician, the second book in the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, totally rocked my world!<br/><br/>Josh, Sophie, Nicholas, and Scatty have used the leygate in Ojai to get to Nicholas' home in Paris, France and escape the evil Dr. John Dee. Sophie has already ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37159928">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33203195">
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    <name><![CDATA[Humberto Cnca]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 18 16:23:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 25 13:53:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ My goal for this week was to start a new book. I started a new book. I read pages 1-358. I read a lot. In the book the magician Nicholas Flamel took the 2 twins from the prophecy, Sophie and Josh, to Paris with the help of Scatty. When they arrived Nicholas accidently acctivated an alarm all of Nic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33203195">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24569054">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 21 10:13:19 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 15 17:07:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 21 10:13:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The only complaint that I have about the Magician is the same complaint that I had about the Alchemyst - where is the next book?<br/><br/>Michael Scott deftly picks up Sophie and Josh's story where the Alchemyst left off.  And although it had been over a year since I had read Alchemyst, I was neve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24569054">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28275873">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 25 11:49:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 25 11:55:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the first book very much.  This is a direct continuation, and I do believe it is even better.  The book is longer which allows for more character development and there are a host of new mythologies and legends woven neatly into the story.<br/><br/>Book one was set in the US, book two takes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28275873">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35231407">
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 13 17:59:27 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 16 16:27:32 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a great book.  The first book flowed right into this one and made it a great read.  I love adventure books and this book had suspense at every turn.  There were many dead ends that the characters came out of alive and well.  The last part kind of shocked me a little.  One of my favorite cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35231407">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43576899">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 19 09:17:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 24 07:10:40 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although fun and exciting, I found this one a bit too unbelievable. I'll continue with the series, but hopefully Mr. Scott reigns in some of the &quot;fantasy&quot;. <br/><br/>For example, the Dark Elders are supposed to be all powerful rulers of the magicians. Well, the Dark Elder at the end that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43576899">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50577781">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Mar 26 20:31:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet another children's fantasy book!!!<br/><br/>I borrowed this book from work and it was the sequel to the first one, the alchemyst.  i couldn't borrow the first one b/c we didn't have the hardcover edition and we are only allowed to borrow hard covers.  But, I loved it so much I bought the first...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50577781">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76663136">
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    <name><![CDATA[Alex]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Nov 03 21:36:38 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 03 21:54:36 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[             This is a great book about the Alchemist Nicholas Flamel. Josh and Sophie Newman turn out to be the twins of prophecy who will bring peace to the world and the gods. They have no idea about this until the vil magician Dee steals Prunelle (Nicholas's wife) and destroys half of Chicago, l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76663136">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73849464">
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 08 07:50:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 08 07:53:54 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>                                                                                                                             <br/>The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel<br/>                        (461)<br/><br/><br/><br/>     The book I read for my book review was The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73849464">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 25 03:35:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 25 03:59:45 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I do have to say that Michael Scott has created another book worth reading in this second installalation of the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel.<br/><br/>Starting off right where the first book ends, josh and Sophie as well as nicholas and Scathach the vampire have to find their way throug...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72431296">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56115119">
    <user id="635835">
    <name><![CDATA[Lance]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 14 17:09:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This sequel to The Alchemist is everything that a sequel should be.  In many ways it lives up to everything that made me love the first book to begin with.  And the cast of characters that gets added -- wow!  I have always enjoyed the historical fiction bent, that is, taking actual characters from h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56115119">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55631728">
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  <read_at>Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 10 20:19:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 11 18:31:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up at the library while looking for another book.  I thought it was a stand alone book since nothing on the outside or on the inside of the book really signifies that it is the second book in a series.  Reading through the first chapter I didn't get the feeling that I was really missin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55631728">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 15 05:23:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a brilliant sequel to the amazing first book! I read half of the book in the two hours my sister spent doing her community service in the library. I didn't even notice that I read that far until my mother called my phone and disrupted the silence of the library with a loud ringtone. It was a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52754027">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[(for ages 10 - adult)<br/><br/>After a series of narrow escapes, Sophie, Josh, Scatty and Nicholas Flamel have escaped to Paris, France.  Sophie's latent powers have been awakened, but her brother Josh's have not.  Tension between the twins only adds to the strain of escape from the forces of Dr. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48849388">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[While The Alchemyst was a blast from start to finish, I feel like The Magician is missing just a little something.  New characters are introduced, Josh and Sophie have larger roles, Perenelle's story is much more developed, and Machiavelli/Saint Germain are just about the best new additions to the s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68635670">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Michael Scott conseguiu de novo!<br/>Outro livro fantástico e magnifico que se junta às prateleiras lado a lado com os melhores romances fantásticos da época...<br/>Imaginativo, surpreendente, completo, muita história excelente, comparações como nunca vi, Michael consegui de novo juntar a h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65380149">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it enough that I read this one in a day.  I guess that says something!  Machiavelli is a newly added historical character, whom I find ammusing.  The character quotes his own writings and totally lives up to the cunning leader the real Machiavelli describes in his text, &quot;The Prince.&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58158340">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sequel to the Alchemyst.  This book is a direct continuation of the Alchemyst and it is important that you read that book first in order to understand the storyline.  Numerous references are made back to the first book.  <br/><br/>The story continues with the twins of prophecy - Sophie having her ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73477428">more...</a>]]></body>
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