About this item
Highlights
- The highly acclaimed first book of a fantasy adventure series set in a mysterious forest, starring a daring new hero.
- Mark Twain Readers Award 2015 4th Winner
- 8-12 Years
- 7.65" x 5.32" Paperback
- 384 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
- Series Name: Jinx
Description
About the Book
A young boy named Jinx encounters magic and danger as he grows up in the deep, dark forest known as the Urwald and discovers that the world beyond--and within--the Urwald is more complex than he could imagine.Book Synopsis
The highly acclaimed first book of a fantasy adventure series set in a mysterious forest, starring a daring new hero.
"Readers will thrill to journey with Jinx" (starred School Library Journal review), a wizard's apprentice, as he sets off on a quest through the dangerous Urwald, a magical forest full of wizards and were-creatures, and discovers that it is more complex than he could imagine, and that it needs him more than he could ever guess.
This humorous and smart tween fantasy adventure is perfect for fans of Septimus Heap, The Sisters Grimm, and Fablehaven.
From the Back Cover
In the Urwald, you grow up fast or not at all. Jinx has always feared leaving the path--but then he meets the wizard Simon Magnus. Jinx knows that wizards are evil, but staying with Simon appears to be Jinx's safest, and perhaps only, option.
As Jinx's curiosity about magic grows, he learns to listen to the trees as closely as he does to Simon's unusual visitors. The more Jinx discovers, the more determined he becomes to explore beyond the security of well-trod paths.
But in the Urwald, a little healthy fear is never out of place, for magic--and magicians--can be as dangerous as the forest, and soon Jinx must decide which is the greater threat.
Review Quotes
In this expertly paced, beautifully written fantasy, Blackwood elevates familiar fantasy elements with exquisitely credible characters who inhabit a world filled with well-drawn magic and whimsy. -- Booklist (starred review)
Blackwood fills her tale with drama and delightfully funny dialogue. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Readers will thrill to journey with Jinx. -- School Library Journal (starred review)
[Blackwood] puts her central three [characters] through a string of suspenseful, scary situations before delivering a properly balanced closing set of resolutions, revelations and road signs to future episodes. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Flowing dialogue, easy interactions between the characters, a mixed Diana Wynne Jones/Lloyd Alexander vibe, and a setting both familiar and original make the novel immediately inviting and compelling. -- The Horn Book