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Thirteenth Child

Frontier Magic #1 / 3
by Patricia C. Wrede
Thirteenth Child (Frontier Magic #1) by Patricia C. Wrede
  ★ 9.00 / 4
1★2★3★4★5★6★7★28★9★210★

Growing up in Mill City, Eff is constantly aware of the settlers heading west to homestead the dangerous lands on the far side of the Mammoth River. For in her world, Columbus discovered a New World populated solely by dangerous wildlife, both natural and magical.

Only modern magic has made colonization possible, and while steam dragons, mammoths, spectral bears, saber-tooth cats, and other deadly animals have been cleared out of the eastern states, they are still a formidable obstacle in the unsettled territories of the West.

Eff and her siblings, like everyone else, learn traditional magic at school, but even with all Lan's power behind it, traditional magic won't be enough when new threats begin moving in from the unexplored regions of the Far West.

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Updated 01/01/2024
Category: Fantasy, Young Adult, Alternate History
Release date: April 2009
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Patricia C. Wrede

Patricia Collins Wrede is an American fantasy writer, born in Chicago, Illinois; she is the eldest of five children. She finished her first book in 1978, working as an accountant and financial analyst in the meantime. In 1980 she was a founding member of The Scribblies who also included Pamela Dean, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Steven Brust, and Nate Bucklin. She is a vegetarian and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her three cats. She has no children of her own, but has four nieces and four nephews.

Frontier Magic

Frontier Magic consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Thirteenth Child (Frontier Magic #1)
  ★ 9.00 / 4
Across the Great Barrier (Frontier Magic #2)
  ★ 9.00 / 2
The Far West (Frontier Magic #3)
  ★ 9.34 / 3

Book Reviews

06/18/2024
Chelsea K avatar
Chelsea K
620 books, 444 reviews, 200 posts
★★★★★★★★★★ 10 / 10

This was a really fun book and looks like a great series. Patricia C. Wrede is a wonderful author who is really good at giving descriptions and helping the reader get into the minds of her characters. I look forward to seeing what happens next. 

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