Across the Great Barrier

Author: Wrede, Patricia C.

Number Of Pages: 352

Details:

From New York Times #1 bestselling author Patricia C. Wrede, the second in the series of magic on the western frontier. Eff is riding west, away from the safety of the frontier city she's always known.... Eff could be a powerful magician if she wanted to. Except she's not sure she wants that kind of responsibility. Everyone keeps waiting for her to do something amazing--or to fail in a spectacular way. Worse, her twin brother, Lan, a powerful double seventh son, is jealous of all the attention she's been getting. Even as Eff protests that she's just an ordinary girl, she's asked to travel past the Barrier Spell with one of the new professors at her father's school. The land west of the Barrier is full of dangers, both magical and wild. Eff will need to use all her strength--magical and otherwise--to come safely back home. With wit, magic, and a touch of good pioneer sense, Patricia C. Wrede once again weaves a fantastic tale of the very wild west.

Reviews:

Praise for Thirteenth Child

"The intricately created alternate reality, suspense and memorable characters will leave you eagerly awaiting the second book." -Buffalo News

"[A] riveting fantasy." -Children's Bookwatch

"I plunged in and couldn't put it down until I had finished." -Tamora Pierce

"The world-building is effortless, flowing natrually through Eff's conversational narration." -Kirkus Reviews, starred reivew

"A rich world where steam dragons seem as normal as bears, and a sympathetic character in Eff, who has been scarred by the belief that she is evil." -Publishers Weekly

"Wrede's characters and understated but complex... and the world-building is generously spiced with political and magical mysteries, perils, and conflicts." -Horn Book Praise for Thirteenth Child

"The intricately created alternate reality, suspense and memorable characters will leave you eagerly awaiting the second book." -Buffalo News

"[A] riveting fantasy." -Children's Bookwatch

"I plunged in and couldn't put it down until I had finished." -Tamora Pierce

"The world-building is effortless, flowing natrually through Eff's conversational narration." -Kirkus Reviews, starred reivew

"A rich world where steam dragons seem as normal as bears, and a sympathetic character in Eff, who has been scarred by the belief that she is evil." -Publishers Weekly

"Wrede's characters and understated but complex... and the world-building is generously spiced with political and magical mysteries, perils, and conflicts." -Horn Book

About the Author:

Patricia C. Wrede is the universally acclaimed author of The Enchanted Forest Chronicles series, including Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, and Talking to Dragons, as well as other novels, including Mairelon the Magician, The Magician's Ward, and, with Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia, The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician. She lives in Minnesota....

EAN: 9780545033435

Release Date: 01-08-2011

Languages: English

Item Note: Great shape- pages are unmarked and sharp.Has a remainder mark. Hardcover Used - Like New Ships fast! 2011

Item Condition: UsedLikeNew

Binding: Hardcover