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This is a rather strange book in many ways. One of the heroine's main interests is animals and two of her jobs involved cataloging plants and animals and taking care of captured animals, both magical and non-magical. All of the action, as it were, takes place in a rather strange alternate reality version of the wild American west. These elements don't seem destined for an interesting book, and yet, I found myself reading the whole thing and eager to keep reading - a marked contrast to most of th
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Continuing where she left off in the earlier Thirteenth Child, Wrede follows Eff's journey of self-acceptance in this engaging tale. Although Eff insists that she's simply ordinary, she has a way with magic. While she remains overshadowed by her brother, Lan, who is a double seventh son, she works to understand the gifts she has been given. When the chance is offered to travel west past the Barrier Spell into a land where unexpected dangers lie, she quickly agrees to accompany Professor Torgeson
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Guys, I love this series. I don't know how Patricia Wrede does it, but I just want to live in this world and explore stuff! Again, a brilliant mix of Little House on the Prairie and Harry Potter, without TRYING to be that.
Though this is in teen, there is no objectionable content (In this book, Eff is courted by a nice young man who she feels lukewarm about for like 5 pages. There's not even any kissing.) so this series (the first one is The Thirteenth Child) would be appropriate for younger read ...more
Though this is in teen, there is no objectionable content (In this book, Eff is courted by a nice young man who she feels lukewarm about for like 5 pages. There's not even any kissing.) so this series (the first one is The Thirteenth Child) would be appropriate for younger read ...more
A very fair followup to the first book.
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