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277 pp.
| Penguin/Razorbill |
March, 2005 |
TradeISBN 1-59514-022-0$16.99
(3)
YA
Fifteen-year-old Reason has spent a peripatetic life with her mother, Sarafina, who claims she was abused by her own mother, Esmeralda, a believer in magic. When Sarafina has a mental breakdown, Reason must go live with Esmeralda--and finds out that magic really does exist. Australian author Larbalestier's promising first novel in a planned trilogy is complex and original.