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Mar 22, 2018SPPL_János rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
It's "Little Hogwarts on the Prairie" in this original coming-of-age tale. In a fantasy version of pioneer America where magical barriers ward the frontier from dangerous animals, a girl labors under the shadow of being an unlucky thirteenth child while her twin brother is the celebrated seventh son of a seventh son. Some tired racial tropes (saintly black mentor, no native people) dim an otherwise novel story.