Description: Complex characters, compelling fun, a marvelously dastardly villain, all steeped in a tasty stew of mystery and magic. What more could a reader ask for? - Bruce Coville JINX is filled with real magic, not just the magic young Jinx learns, but the magic of a great book: memorable, engaging characters,humor that's actually funny, an original, fantastic world, and real human feelings. I can't wait for the next one. - John Stephen, NYT bestselling author of THE EMERALD ATLAS JINX is a truly wonderful book full of magic, adventure, peril, magical forests, wizards up to no good, and a clever boy hero who will make you cheer while wanting to tear your hair out. I fell in love with this book, and then it broke my heart and stomped all over the pieces--but by the end my heart was whole again, and I was longing to read the sequel. JINX is a joy and a delight. It's my very favorite book of the year. - Sarah Prineas, the author of THE MAGIC THIEF Blackwood fills her tale with drama and delightfully funny dialogue. - Publishers Weekly (starred review) In this expertly paced, beautifully written fantasy, Blackwood elevates familiar fantasy elements with exquisitely credible characters who inhabit a world filled with well-drawn magic and whimsy. - Booklist (starred review) [Blackwood] puts her central three [characters] through a string of suspenseful, scary situations before delivering a properly balanced closing set of resolutions, revelations and road signs to future episodes. - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Readers will thrill to journey with Jinx. - School Library Journal (starred review) Flowing dialogue, easy interactions between the characters, a mixed Diana Wynne Jones/Lloyd Alexander vibe, and a setting both familiar and original make the novel immediately inviting and compelling. - The Horn Book

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