SuitabookBelonging when abilities differ
Ned attends an elite school where everyone else can do magic, while he cannot, and he struggles to adjust and avoid enemies.
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Emma Laybourn - Author
This is a magical school adventure about belonging, danger and resourcefulness. Ned’s lack of magic places him at a disadvantage, but the central problem becomes how he can help when usual powers are unavailable.
Thanks to his influential uncle Kelver, Ned’s gotten into an elite new school. But there’s a problem?everyone there can do magic. And Ned? Not a lick. Amidst whispers of the terrifying Necromancers (rumored to be kidnapping unsuspecting kids!), Ned struggles to adjust to his new situation, avoid making enemies, and jump-start his magic skills, all with very little luck. Then, just as he’s getting accustomed to having his hair turned into snakes and his books into bricks, the Necromancers strike! Ned and his classmates are kidnapped. But without magic, how can he possibly help them escape? Things can’t get any worse?until they do.Full of entertaining incidents and a great shocker near the end, Missing Magic is one compulsive read. Emma Laybourn has created a sparkling adventure and a charismatic underdog?readers just can’t help rooting for Ned.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a magical school adventure about belonging, danger and resourcefulness. Ned’s lack of magic places him at a disadvantage, but the central problem becomes how he can help when usual powers are unavailable.
Ned attends an elite school where everyone else can do magic, while he cannot, and he struggles to adjust and avoid enemies.
After the Necromancers kidnap Ned and his classmates, he must consider how to help them escape without magic.
Consider whether the child is comfortable with threatening rumours becoming an actual kidnapping plot, magical transformations such as hair becoming snakes, and an escalating sense that circumstances worsen.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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