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Thirteenth Child

By: Patricia C. Wrede
Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
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About this listen

#1 New York Times best-selling author Pat Wrede returns to Scholastic with an amazing new trilogy about the use of magic in the wild, wild west.

Eff was born a thirteenth child. Her twin brother, Lan, is the seventh son of a seventh son. This means he's supposed to possess amazing talent - and she's supposed to bring only bad things to her family and her town. Undeterred, her family moves to the frontier, where her father will be a professor of magic at a school perilously close to the magical divide that separates settlers from the beasts of the wild.

With wit and wonder, Patricia Wrede creates an alternate history of westward expansion that will delight fans of both J. K. Rowling and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

©2009 Patricia C. Wrede (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Family & Relationships Fantasy Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Magic
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A beautifully crafted and engaging story read with tone and inflection that made you feel as if you were there.

Excellently crafted, beautifully read.

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Would you listen to Thirteenth Child again? Why?

Yes, I probably will

Who was your favorite character and why?

Eff and Miss Ochiba were both standouts for me. Not sure if that is spelled properly, as I heard it rather than read it.

Have you listened to any of Amanda Ronconi’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I think this was the first.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

No, it was a solid, level story

Any additional comments?

I found the carry-on about being a 13th child a little over done, and some of the terms were long enough to slow down the reading. This is probably personal, though. I like to hear things as quickly as I can read them and I think my eyes cover eight-syllable terms faster than my ears.

Enjoyable

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