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Even and Odd
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A half-magic girl learns about heroism and taking action when she and her sister confront a wizard who endangers others for her own gain.
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A half-magic girl learns about heroism and taking action when she and her sister confront a wizard who endangers others for her own gain.
Even and Odd are sisters who share magic. Lately, though, it seems like that’s the only thing they have in common. Odd doesn’t like magic, and Even practices it every chance she gets, dreaming of the day she’ll be ready to be a hero.
When the hidden border between the mundane world the sisters live in and the magical land they were born in shuts abruptly, the girls are trapped, unable to return home.
With the help of a unicorn named Jeremy, they discover a wizard is diverting magic from the border to bolster her own power. Families are cut off from each other on both sides of the border, and an ecological disaster is brewing. But the wizard cares nothing for the calamitous effects her appropriation of magic is having. Someone has to do something to stop her, and Even realizes she can no longer wait until she’s ready: she needs to be a hero now.
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Even and Odd by Sarah Beth Durst combines a whimsical fantasy setting with a poignant exploration of family separation through border themes, as noted by Publishers Weekly. Booklist praises the book for addressing themes of confronting power and inner heroism amid border unrest. Kirkus Reviews highlights the book's humour and whimsical charm.
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ISBN: 9780358668046
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 May 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: HarperCollins
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 190.0mm
Weight: 206g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Sarah Beth Durst is the author of ten fantasy novels for adults, teens, and children, including The Lost, Vessel, and The Girl Who Could Not Dream. She was awarded the 2013 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and has been a finalist for SFWA's Andre Norton Award three times. She is a graduate of Princeton University, where she spent four years studying English, writing about dragons, and wondering what the campus gargoyles would say if they could talk. Sarah lives in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband and children. Visit her at www.sarahbethdurst.com.
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