Synopses & Reviews
For fifteen years, Reason Cansino has lived on the run. Together with her mother, Sarafina, she has moved from one place to another in the Australian countryside, desperate not to be found by Reason's grandmother Esmeralda, a dangerous woman who believes in magic. But the moment Reason walks through Esmeralda's back door and finds herself on a New York City street, she's confronted by an unavoidable truth magic is real.
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"By turns a fantasy adventure and a thoughtful examination of relationships." School Library Journal
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"Not another wizard-type book, this story is of a teenager's confusion." VOYA
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"Readers looking for layered, understated fantasy will follow the looping paths of Larbalestier's fine writing." Booklist
About the Author
Justine Larbalestier is the author of The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction (2002) and the young adult novel Magic or Madness (2005), and an honorary associate in the School of English, Art History, Film and Media at the University of Sydney. She makes extended visits to New York City.
Kids Q&A
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