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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsOther titles in the Magician Trilogy series:Magician Trilogy #01: The Snow Spiderby Jenny Nimmo
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Jenny Nimmo's award-winning SNOW SPIDER TRILOGY is back as an exciting Orchard Books fantasy series! On Gwyn's 9th birthday, his grandmother tells him he may be a magician, like his Welsh ancestors. She gives him five gifts to help him--a brooch, a piece of dried seaweed, a tin whistle, a scarf, and a broken toy horse. One blustery day, unsure what to do with his newfound magic, Gwyn throws the brooch to the wind and receives a silvery snow spider in return. Will he be able to use this special spider to bring his missing sister, Bethan, home? THE SNOW SPIDER spins an icy, sparkly web of mystical intrigue that sets the stage for the next two books in this outstanding trilogy! Review:"Nimmo (the Charlie Bone novels) launches the Magician Trilogy with this enchanting tale, first released in England in 1986. On his ninth birthday, Gwyn's delightfully eccentric grandmother gives him five gifts: a piece of seaweed, a tin whistle, a metal brooch, a small, broken horse and the yellow scarf that his older sister had been wearing the day she mysteriously disappeared four years earlier. His grandmother instructs him to 'give them to the wind' to discover if he is a magician, like his ancestors. The boy first releases the brooch, hoping that the wind will bring him something 'to fill the emptiness' that descended on his home when his sister vanished. The brooch turns into a glowing white spider, who weaves intricate webs. One of the webs contains the image of a girl who strongly resembles his sister — except she is 'fragile and so silver-pale that she might have been made of gossamer.' When the girl in the web temporarily materializes, she brings a peace to Gwyn's family that has long been missing. Nimmo demonstrates how unique gifts can set a child apart; Gwyn's magic causes a rift between him and his best friend and brings the class bully's wrath upon him. Swiftly paced and cleverly plotted, Nimmo's novel fluidly fuses fantasy, suspense and drama. Ages 8-12. (Sept.) " Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:On Gwyn's ninth birthday, his grandmother tells him he may be a magician and gives him five gifts. Unsure what to do with his newfound magic, Gwyn throws the brooch to the wind and receives a silvery snow spider. Will he be able to use this special spider to bring his missing sister home?
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