| Nita Callahan never believed in magic, until she stumbles onto a wizard's manual in the library and learns how to access her personal wizardry. As she experiments with magic, she meets Kit, another new wizard. When Nita and Kit discover they must undergo an initiation called the Ordeal to become true wizards, they decide to team up. Their ordeal takes them to an alternate version of New York full of subway dragons and vicious living cars. To succeed, the two must retrieve a powerful book from the Lone Power, the embodiment of all death in the universe. But the ordeals are dangerous, and before the night is over, both wizards experience more than their share of personal suffering. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world Coming of age Yes Youngster becomes - a powerful magician Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14) Descript. of chases or violence - 20 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 % Main Character Identity: - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen If magical mental powers: - can talk to animals - teleportation - can cast many different spells - healing Main Adversary Identity: - magical being Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Has magical powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - super strength - can cast all sorts of spells - is very quick Eccentric: Yes How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Genius (really!) Setting Terrain A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - empty, or nearly empty world - very controlled society Planet outside solar system? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog |
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