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Borrowed Magic (1-5; same as above). [From AiT/Planet
Lar: Disappointed with the life around her, teenager Jacqueline "Jax"
Epoch, accidentally winds up falling through the Realmsend, a passageway
into a different dimension. Expecting a lush, fantasy world, she instead
finds a barren plain, devoid of the magic she's dreamed of. When she returns
home she finds that everything that was magic in the other realm has leaked
into her own, causing her reality to fall apart. Dragons fly over the streets
of Manhattan marshmallows talk back, snow falls in July, her boyfriend dumps
her and worst of all, Jax is put on trial for bringing about the end of
the world with only a robot lawyer to defend her.] |
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Separation Anxiety (6-10). [From AiT/Planet Lar:
When teenager Jax Epoch "borrowed" some magic items from another
dimension, she set into motion a series of apocalyptic events known as the
Quicken Forbidden. Now, the stuff of fantasy is invading the real world:
snowstorms rage in the summer, mechanical knights ride through the streets
of Manhattan, and dragons are forced to get day jobs. Amid the growing strangeness,
Jax is put on trial for causing the end of realityand something is
hunting down anyone and anything connected to the Quicken.] Book
of the Week 10/6/04 |