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Thirteenth Child

Thirteenth Child

(Frontier Magic, Book #1)

By Patricia C. Wrede

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Grades 6 - 8

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Grade level Equivalent: 8.6

Lexile Measure®: 1010

DRA: Not Available

Guided Reading: Not Available

Type of Book: Chapter Book

Genre

  • Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Young Adult

Theme/Subject

  • Westward Exploration and Expansion
  • Magic and Supernatural
  • Siblings
  • School Life

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Frontier Magic #1: Thirteenth Child Booktalk

About This Book

Eff was born a thirteenth child.  Her twin brother, Lan, was born the seventh son of a seventh son.  This means he's supposed to possess amazing talent — and she's supposed to bring only bad things to her family and her town.  Undeterred, her family moves to Frontier, where her father will be a professor of magic at a school perilously close to the magical divide that separates the settlers from the beasts of the wild.

With wit and wonder, Patricia Wrede creates an alternate history of the westward expansion that will delight fans of both J.K. Rowling and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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Patricia C. Wrede
Patricia C. Wrede is the author of the beloved The Enchanted Forest Chronicles series as well as Mairelon the Magician, The Magicians Ward, and, with Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia, The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician. She lives in Minnesota.
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