Magic Lessons

Magic or Madness #2

by Justine Larbalestier

Fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino has learned the painful truth that she - like her mother, grandmother, and new friends Tom and Jay-Tee - must face a choice between using the magic that lives in her blood and dying young, or refusing to use the magic and losing her mind. Now a new threat leaves Reason stranded alone in New York City, struggling to control a power she barely understands. But could the danger she faces also hold the key to saving her life? "Magic Lessons" is a stunning follow-up to Larbalestier's debut novel, "Magic or Madness, " which earned multiple starred reviews and a spot on the Locus 2005 Recommended Reading List, along with being named a Best Book of the Year by "School Library Journal" and the Young Adult Round Table of the TLA.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Magic, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Teen

304 pages, Paperback

First published March 16, 2006

About the author

Justine Larbalestier is an Australian young-adult fiction author. She is best known for the Magic or Madness trilogy: Magic or Madness, Magic Lessons and the newly released Magic's Child. She also wrote one adult non-fiction book, the Hugo-nominated The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction (Best Related Book, 2003), and edited another, Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century.

Her surname has been pronounced in several different ways, but the FAQ on her website says that Lar-bal-est-ee-air is correct:

Q: How do you pronounce your surname? A: Lar-bal-est-ee-air. It can also be pronounced Lar-bal-est-ee-ay or Lar-bal-est-ee-er. Those are all fine by me. Friends at school used to pronounce it: Lavaworm. I have to really like you to let you get away with that one, but.

Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She now alternates living between Sydney and New York City.

In 2001, Justine married fellow author Scott Westerfeld.

Reviews

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un'altra di quelle serie interrotte dalla Mondadori. Insieme a Uglies di Scott Westerfeld è stata quella che mi ha dato la spinta a leggere definitivamente in inglese. Quindi sì, a suo modo questo è un libro importante nella mia carriera di lettrice.

Andando a memoria: mi piaceva molto il concetto della storia ma poi credo che l'autrice sia riuscita a combinare un disastro nel terzo volume, quello mai tradotto.