World Famous Comics: Magyk (Septimus Heap, Book 1)
Magyk (Septimus Heap, Book 1)
By: Angie Sage Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Label: Katherine Tegen Books Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 576 Publication Date: March 01, 2005 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Release Date: March 15, 2005
The seventh son of the seventh son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a new born girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this myster ious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus?
The first book in this enthralling new series by Angie Sage leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters and magykal charms, potions, and spells. magyk is an original story of lost and rediscovered identities, rich with humor and heart.
Wonderful series for young people This is a lovely series for young people - many adventures, but not too scary, and interesting characters.
Looking foward to the next book I really liked this book. I'm looking forward to the next one.
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A Magykal Book I loved this! The content was amazing, the idea of it was... Incredible! I really, really liked this book! I liked how the author spelt alot of the words diffrently than usaul. One of the most Magykal books I have ever read. Don't think it will be even CLOSE to Harry Potter! It is so far off! Good book! I enjoyed it very much!
Not the best book ever, but a very worthwhile read! I actually ended up enjoying this book quite a lot! It took me a few more chapters than I would have liked to "get into" the story and the characters, but after a while I found that I did feel invested. I liked the distinct personalities of the characters, and how consistent they seemed to be. It also took a while to understand the magical world. Two parts to this: one, being the good vs. evil statuses and people, how things came about, and what it all meant. I still feel ther...more I actually ended up enjoying this book quite a lot! It took me a few more chapters than I would have liked to "get into" the story and the characters, but after a while I found that I did feel invested. I liked the distinct personalities of the characters, and how consistent they seemed to be. It also took a while to understand the magical world. Two parts to this: one, being the good vs. evil statuses and people, how things came about, and what it all meant. I still feel there is more to it all though, and perhaps these areas will be explored in the later books. Enough came across, however, for the story to unfold as it should have. The second part is how magic works in Septimus Heap's world. I think I got a pretty good understanding by the middle of the book though, so again, it didn't bother me too much. (I still can't decide if the bolding of every magical word was cool or annoying). All in all I thought the book was written pretty well, and the plot flow was good. It's told from multiple perspectives, which makes for a bit jumpy read sometimes, but pretty much the transitions are smooth. The ending was satisfying, and good. Though a few things were left unresolved, I'm assuming it's for the following books. Hopefully. There were some things that very young children, or very sensitive children, might be upset about (mainly relating to cute woodland creatures who... we're not entirely sure what their fates end up being). But overall it's a very "G" read (or maybe PG). There is one part at the end that's pretty unsettling, but the fact it's rectified makes it less so. A few character traits were somewhat irksome, but again, I'm hoping that the author delves into these in the next books (this book did a good job, so I'm trusting that the author will continue in a similar fashion). Some things were predictable, but others surprising. And at the end of the book is an interesting collection of "whatever happened to" certain characters, "instructions" for various charms, etc. I'd recommend this book to fans of other "young adult" fantasy, and while I'm not as in love with the book as certain others in this genre, I did find it a very fun read!
Magyk - A coming of age fantasy masterpiece. My son Ben (7 years old - about to be 8) is voraciously consuming all the kid mystery and fantasy books around. Potter was a huge hit (but we will not let him get beyond 3 until he's a bit older). We were looking for something that had mystery and suspense and magic but wasn't too scary or too heavy. Septimus Heap delivers in a huge way - and the whole family has now blown through Magyk and is well on through the series. My only disappointment is that my son consumed Magyk in less than two days and I was hoping for a week at least. It's a major page turner and manages the trick of having danger and suspense without inducing anxiety or nightmares.
Magyk - the first book in the growing series of Septimus Heap novels is situated in a Tolkien-style magical world of medieval technology humans and a vivid pantheon of light and dark magical creatures (witches, brownies, boggarts, wraiths, talking rats, dragons, enchanted insects, etc...) The society is dominated by a sort of bicameral government of wizards with magical power and a political power dimension of a queen/princess (although it's held by a corrupt tyranny through most of Magyk). I'm not going to give any spoilers but I will say that the protagonists are children (age 10) and various pre and barely adolescent siblings who are smarter than the parental figures who are supportive and avuncular without having enough initiative or insight to spare the kids the lions share of the action. The struggle is the ageless one between good and evil and those elemental forces are echoed in the magyk and the nature of landscapes flora and fauna. The story telling is brisk with great (relentless) pacing. Angie Sage has a great cinematic sense of action and a good ear for dialog. It's a real page turner well pitched for middle school grades. As an adult reading it I found it a tad tame, but basically couldn't put it down until its conclusion. Highly recommended for the right kids (you know who they are) - and well recommended for parents to read it too. Tons of fun.
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