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#tbt features Magyk by Angie Sage. The number seven is considered lucky in some cultures. Being a seventh son is thought to be auspicious and to be a seventh son of a seventh son? Who knows what magic can happen? Septimus Heap was born a seventh son of a seventh son, but was pronounced dead and whisked away by the midwife before his mother could hold him. At the same time, his father discovered a baby girl with violet eyes in the snow and carried her home to raise amongst his sons. Who is this baby girl the Heaps name Jenna and where did their dead baby go?
Fast forward ten years. Jenna has a destiny to fulfill and assassins who will do their best to prevent that from happening. And, what of that missing seventh son of a seventh son? You will need to read the book to find out.
Magyk was published in 2005 and is the first book of the seven-book Septimus Heap series. The books are quite chunky, weighing in at over 500 pages, but the pages fly by as the story is filled with quirky characters, plenty of humor, action and mystery.
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