He grew up in the rambling old house, filled with dozens of cousins, and aunts and uncles, all ruled by his father. Their home was isolated in the mountains of western Virginia, far from town, far from schools, far from other people.
There are many secrets in the House, and many rules that Danny must follow. There is a secret library with only a few dozen books, and none of them in English — but Danny and his cousins are expected to become fluent in the language of the books. While Danny’s cousins are free to create magic whenever they like, they must never do it where outsiders might see.
Unfortunately, there are some secrets kept from Danny as well. And that will lead to disaster for the North family.
This was a great book. Not what I was expecting from this author. He also wrote Ender's Game which took place kind of in what seems like the future and mostly in space. Where as this book takes place present day and in the US. So it is almost a whole different writing style. It is the fantasy genre. It is about this kid who is born into a magical family. They live in hidden societies. He appears to be unmagical until we learn he actually is quite powerful and is forced to leave the family compound and go into the human world. The rest of the book is about his travels through our world. It was a really good book and believe it is a trilogy.
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ReplyDeleteThe author is what made me want to read it because I had read two of his previous books and really liked them. I don't think I really had a favorite scene or at least not one that wouldn't spoil the end of the book. But I liked the overall concept of the book. It reminded me reading the book description of Harry Potter. How there is a world within another. In Harry Potter it was the magical world and the muggle world. I would say it is for the older group probably. Just because of a couple parts.
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