Humor and heart shine in this middle grade fantasy about a girl who attends a boarding school to learn how to use music to create magic, perfect for fans of Nevermoor and The School for Good and Evil series.Amelia Jones always dreamed of attending the Mystwick School of Musicraft, where the world's most promising musicians learn to create magic.So when Amelia botches her audition, she thinks her dream has met an abrupt and humiliating end--until the school agrees to give her a trial period. Amelia is determined to prove herself, vowing to do whatever it takes to become the perfect musician. Even if it means pretending to be someone she isn't.Meanwhile, a mysterious storm is brewing that no one, not even the maestros at Mystwick, is prepared to contain. Can Amelia find the courage to be true to herself in time to save her beloved school from certain destruction?
CONTRIBUTORS: Jessica KhouryEAN: 9780358569824COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: WEIGHT: 258 gHEIGHT: 195 cm
PUBLISHED BY: HarperCollins Publishers IncDATE PUBLISHED: 2022-05-10CITY: GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / FriendshipWIDTH: 130 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories
"The concept of musicraft--producing magic by playing music--feels fresh and is undeniably appealing, and who is going to say no to a trip to another magical boarding school? The storytelling flows, pulling readers along, and some particularly grand, magical sequences (including a legitimately epic ending) make this stand-alone fantasy a memorable adventure...full of heart, clever plotting, and strong world building that young readers, musicians and otherwise, will enjoy escaping to."--Booklist "A toe-tapping fantasy novel mixes music and mystery."--Kirkus "For fans of Harry Potter who don't want to stray too far from Hogwarts but are in need of new adventures." --School Library Journal "At the core, this is a feel-good story about believing in one's ability, musical or otherwise." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books --
Jessica Khoury is the author of multiple books for teens. The Mystwick School of Musicraft is her middle grade debut. In addition to being an author, she is an artistic mapmaker and spends far too much time scribbling tiny mountains and trees for fictional worlds. Her spare hours are spent video gaming, painting, and cooking badly. She lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with her husband, daughter, and sassy husky, Katara, www.jessicakhoury.com, Twitter: @jkbibliophile, Instagram: @authorjess.
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Humor and heart shine in this middle grade fantasy about a girl who attends a boarding school to learn how to use music to create magic, perfect for fans of Nevermoor and The School for Good and Evil series.Amelia Jones always dreamed of attending the Mystwick School of Musicraft, where the world's most promising musicians learn to create magic.So when Amelia botches her audition, she thinks her dream has met an abrupt and humiliating end--until the school agrees to give her a trial period. Amelia is determined to prove herself, vowing to do whatever it takes to become the perfect musician. Even if it means pretending to be someone she isn't.Meanwhile, a mysterious storm is brewing that no one, not even the maestros at Mystwick, is prepared to contain. Can Amelia find the courage to be true to herself in time to save her beloved school from certain destruction?
CONTRIBUTORS: Jessica KhouryEAN: 9780358569824COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: WEIGHT: 258 gHEIGHT: 195 cm
PUBLISHED BY: HarperCollins Publishers IncDATE PUBLISHED: 2022-05-10CITY: GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / FriendshipWIDTH: 130 cmSPINE:
Jessica Khoury is the author of multiple books for teens. The Mystwick School of Musicraft is her middle grade debut. In addition to being an author, she is an artistic mapmaker and spends far too much time scribbling tiny mountains and trees for fictional worlds. Her spare hours are spent video gaming, painting, and cooking badly. She lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with her husband, daughter, and sassy husky, Katara, www.jessicakhoury.com, Twitter: @jkbibliophile, Instagram: @authorjess.
Die man van elders, ’n titel wat onmiddellik my verbeelding geprikkel het. Gelukkig het die skrywer, die geliefde Helene de Kock, reeds so vroeg as op bladsy 27 vir die lesers ’n leidraad gegee oor haar gedagtegang wat betref Jean Botha: “Elders is iewers en tegelyk nêrens. En is dit nie waar hy nou is nie?” Dan neem die storielyn sy loop, en baie later kan Jean op sy eie stukkie grond staan en verklaar: “Ja, ek is die man van Elders. Soos Ou Paul sê, daar waar dit mooiweer en warm is.” (p.264)”
Die verhaal is veel meer as net een man se soeke na ’n plek waar hy behoort. Dit is ook die verhaal van Renette Brink wat met een oogopslag Jean se hart gesteel het, maar die prooi word van huishoudelike geweld en ’n narsis. “Haar man is verslaaf aan homself.” (p.211) Dit moes Renette op die harde manier agterkom. Nie ’n tema wat jou in die gehoor streel nie, maar sonder omhaal weergegee.
Daar is gelukkig ook baie heilsame aspekte in die storielyn ingebou soos ware vriendskap en aanvaarding sonder vooroordeel, tweede kanse, opoffering en dankbaarheid. Die geestelike pad wat die hoofkarakters loop, word ook subtiel bygewerk in die styl waarvoor hierdie skrywer bekend is.
Die man van elders is die derde in ’n reeks en volg op Diana se dag en Drome het ook asem. Moet glad nie bekommerd wees as jy die eerste twee nie gelees het nie, hierdie verhaal kan op eie bene staan. Dit sal egter ’n bonus wees as jy hulle sommer al drie in volgorde kan lees.
Human & Rousseau is die uitgewers. Dit is ’n druknaam van Jonathan Ball Uitgewers
"Big Dreams, Big Travel" is an consistently exciting adventure that immediately draws you into a mysterious dream world. Wim Balmer writes clearly, directly, and without unnecessary length – you practically fly through the pages. Jay's journey between dream and reality is intense, surprising, and makes you eager to keep reading.
A great fantasy book for young readers who want to dive straight into the adventure. Entertaining, dreamy, and absolutely recommended.
Extremely helpful - hundreds of topics covered.
2 Examples:
- Consider everything already broken.
Everything breaks, even rocks eventually become sand. So don't stress about it when somethings breaks! You knew it was going to happen!
- Beware of the mushroom effect of your thoughts. (She probably thinks this now. She's probably telling everybody. Now, this person will... etc)